HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst (F832)

Abraham van der Hulst) was a ship of the Karel Doorman-class of multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy where it used the radio call sign was "PAMF".

The ship is named after the Dutch Admiral Abraham van der Hulst.

She was sold to the Chilean Navy where the ship was renamed Almirante Blanco Encalada.

HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst was one of six Karel Doorman-class frigates that were built at the Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen.

[1] 13 February 1998 while off Corsica serving in the NATO squadron STANAVFORMED she received orders to steam through the Suez Canal to the Persian Gulf to join a UN operation to enforce a trade embargo on Iraq.

Aft view of the hangar and flight deck