Editing Karel Doorman-class frigate (section)

== Sale to foreign navies ==
=== Chile ===
[[File:Almirante Blanco Encalada (FF-15).jpg|thumb|{{ship|Chilean frigate|Almirante Blanco Encalada|FF-15|2}}]]
In 2004 two ships, ''Tjerk Hiddes'' and ''Abraham van der Hulst'' were sold to Chile and renamed ''Almirante Riveros'' (FF-18) and ''Blanco Encalada'' (FF-15) respectively. ''Blanco Encalada'' commissioned into the Chilean Navy on 16 December 2005, with ''Almirante Riveros'' commissioned in April 2007.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! scope="col"| Ship
! scope="col"| Pennant No.
! scope="col"| Named after
! scope="col"| Acquired
! scope="col"| Commissioned
! scope="col"| Decommissioned
! scope="col"| Status

|-
| scope="row"| {{ship|Chilean frigate|Almirante Blanco Encalada|FF-15|2}}
| FF-15
| [[Manuel Blanco Encalada]]
| 2004
| 16 December 2005
| 
| In active service
|-
| scope="row"| {{ship|Chilean frigate|Almirante Riveros|FF-18|2}} 
| FF-18
| [[Galvarino Riveros Cárdenas]]
| 3 February 2006
| April 2007
| 
| In active service
|}

=== Belgium ===
[[File:Belgian frigate Louise-Marie in London.jpg|thumb|{{ship|Belgian frigate|Louise-Marie|F931|2}}]]
On 20 July 2005, the Belgian government decided to buy two of the remaining six Dutch M-class frigates to replace the two remaining frigates of the {{sclass|Wielingen|frigate|4}} in service with the Belgian Naval Component, which in turn might be sold to Bulgaria. On 21 December 2005, ''Karel Doorman'' and ''Willem van der Zaan'' were sold to Belgium and renamed ''Leopold I'' (F930) and ''Louise-Marie'' (F931) respectively. They were recommissioned between 2007 and 2008.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! scope="col"| Ship
! scope="col"| Pennant No.
! scope="col"| Named after
! scope="col"| Acquired
! scope="col"| Commissioned
! scope="col"| Decommissioned
! scope="col"| Status

|-
| scope="row"| {{ship|Belgian frigate|Leopold I|F930|2}} 
| F930
| [[Leopold I of Belgium]]
| 22 December 2005
| 29 March 2007
| 
| In active service
|-
| scope="row"| {{ship|Belgian frigate|Louise-Marie|F931|2}}
| F931
| [[Louise of Orléans]]
| 22 December 2005
| 8 April 2008
| 
| In active service
|}

=== Portugal ===
[[File:The Portuguese navy frigate NRP Bartolomeu Dias (F-333) (cropped) 01.jpg|thumb|{{Ship|2=Bartolomeu Dias}}]]
In May 2006, Portugal's Defence Minister, [[Luís Amado]], showed interest in buying two ''Karel Doorman''-class frigates to replace the two remaining frigates of the {{sclass|João Belo|frigate|4}} in service with the Portuguese Navy — instead of buying two frigates of the {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}}, offered by the United States. A committee of the Portuguese government arrived in the Netherlands to evaluate the condition of two frigates to be bought.

On 1 November 2006, the Portuguese Defence Minister Nuno Severiano Teixeira signed a contract for the purchase of the frigates {{HNLMS|Van Nes|F833|2}} and {{HNLMS|Van Galen|F834|2}}. ''Van Nes'', renamed NRP ''Bartolomeu Dias'' (F333), was transferred to Portugal on 16 January 2009 and ''Van Galen'', renamed NRP ''Dom Francisco de Almeida'' (F334) was transferred on 15 January 2010. With the sale of two M-class frigates to Portugal only two of the eight ships remained with the Royal Netherlands Navy.<ref name="defensieMfregrat" />

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! scope="col"| Ship
! scope="col"| Pennant No.
! scope="col"| Named after
! scope="col"| Acquired
! scope="col"| Commissioned
! scope="col"| Decommissioned
! scope="col"| Status

|-
| scope="row"| {{NRP|Bartolomeu Dias|F333|2}} 
| F333
| [[Bartolomeu Dias]]
| 1 November 2006
| 16 January 2009
| 
| In active service
|-
| scope="row"| {{NRP|Dom Francisco de Almeida|F334|2}}
| F334
| [[Francisco de Almeida]]
| 1 November 2006
| 15 January 2010
| 
| In active service
|}