FRIGATE HNLMS JACOB VAN HEEMSKERCK

The ships of the Jacob van Heemskerck class of the Royal Netherlands Navy were constructed as specialised air defence frigates. It was a further developement out of the Standard-frigates. Two ships were built. They served for about twenty years in th
e R.Neth. navy. Since 2005 both are in service as the Almirante Latorre class in the Chilean Navy.