Chilean frigate Almirante Williams (FF-19)
Almirante Williams is a Type 22 frigate in service with the Chilean Navy. It entered service with the British Royal Navy in 1988 with the name HMS Sheffield, and served with the Royal Navy until 2002. Initially it was meant to be called Bruiser, but was named Sheffield in honour of the previous Sheffield, a Type 42 destroyer sunk in the Falklands War. In 2003, the vessel was acquired by the Chilean Navy and renamed Almirante Williams.
The Chilean Navy's Almirante Williams | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sheffield |
| Namesake | Sheffield |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Laid down | 29 March 1984 |
| Launched | 26 March 1986 |
| Commissioned | 26 July 1988 |
| Decommissioned | 5 November 2002 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F96 |
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| Nickname(s) | Shiny Sheff |
| Fate | Sold to Chile |
| Chile | |
| Name | Almirante Williams |
| Commissioned | 4 September 2003 |
| Identification | Pennant number: FF-19 |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type 22 frigate |
| Displacement | 4,900 tons |
| Length | 148.2 m (486 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
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| Complement | 250 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | In Chilean Navy service Terma SKWS |
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