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HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes (F830)

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Name
  
Tjerk Hiddes

Laid down
  
28 October 1986

Decommissioned
  
3 February 2006

Launched
  
9 December 1989

Weight
  
3,373 tons

Builder
  
Flushing

Namesake
  
Tjerk Hiddes de Vries

Commissioned
  
26 February 1993

Status
  
sold to Chile

Length
  
122 m

Displacement
  
3.012 million kg

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HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes was a ship of the Karel Doorman-class of multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by the shipyard Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen. The ship is named after the Dutch Admiral Tjerk Hiddes de Vries. In 2006 she was decommissioned and sold to the Chilean Navy where the ship was renamed Almirante Riveros.

Dutch service

During her time with the Dutch navy she operated in the Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean Sea and took part in Operation Enduring Freedom around the Arabian Peninsula and Operation Active Endeavour in Mediterranean Sea. She was decommissioned on 3 February 2006 and sold to the Chilean Navy and handed over in 2007.

References

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