Chilean frigate Almirante Riveros (FF-18)

Tjerk Hiddes
History
Netherlands
Name	Tjerk Hiddes
Namesake	Tjerk Hiddes de Vries
Builder	Koninklijke Schelde Groep, Vlissingen
Laid down	28 October 1986
Launched	9 December 1989
Commissioned	26 February 1993
Decommissioned	3 February 2006
Fate	Sold to Chile
Chile
Name	Almirante Riveros
Namesake	Galvarino Riveros Cárdenas
Owner	Chilean Navy
Commissioned	April 2007
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Karel Doorman-class frigate
Displacement	3,320 tons
Length	122.25 m (401.1 ft)
Beam	14.37 m (47.1 ft)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	2 Rolls-Royce (Spey 1A) 16700 hp (12.45 MW) gasturbines 2 Stork-Werkspoor 4895 hp (3.650 MW) diesel engines
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	174
Armament	16 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow anti-air VLS 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm anti-air/anti-surface gun 1 × Goalkeeper CIWS (point defence gun) 4 × Mk 32 324 mm torpedo tubes, Mark 46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 × Lynx helicopter

Almirante Riveros (FF-18) is a Karel Doorman-class frigate of the Chilean Navy. Built by the shipyard Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen, the ship was previously in use by the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes until 2006.