Current Name |
BNS Primula |
Ships Sign |
M 924 |
IMO |
1114262 |
Call Sign |
ORGP |
Operator |
Royal Navy of Belgium, Zeebrugge (Head Office), Belgium |
Owner |
Ministry of National Defence of the Kingdom of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium |
Flag |
Belgium |
Port of Registry |
Zeebrugge |
Type of Ship |
minehunter |
Completion |
1991 |
Shipyard |
Mercantile Béliard Polyship, Ostend, Belgium / N.V. Scheepswerf van Rupelmonde (St Pieter), Rupelmonde, Belgium |
Displacement [t] |
595 |
Overall Length [m] |
51,60 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
8,96 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
2,60 |
Propulsion [KW] |
1.397 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
1.900 |
Speed [Kn] |
15,0 |
Additional Information |
10th Belgian "Flower" ("Tripartite") class coastal minehunter [MHC] (10 vessels), also see >BNS Crocus<, >BNS Bellis<, >BNS Lobelia< and >BNS Narcis< - (all in all 35 vessels for Belgium, France and the Netherlands) - also see exemplary >Pegase< (FR) and >HNLMS Makkum< (NL) - hull yard: Mercantile Béliard Polyship, Ostend, Belgium - main armament: 1x 20-mm AA gun GIAT F-2 |