Current Name |
Verni |
Previous Name |
Wielingen [F 910] (until 2007) |
Ships Sign |
F 42 |
Call Sign |
LZBW |
Manager |
Bulgarian Naval Forces, Varna Naval Base, Black Sea |
Owner |
Ministry of Defence Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Flag |
Bulgaria |
Port of Registry |
Varna |
Type of Ship |
frigate |
Completion |
1978 |
Shipyard |
Boelwerf Vlaanderen N.V., Temse, Belgium |
Displacement [t] |
2.430 |
Overall Length [m] |
106,38 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
12,30 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
5,40 |
Propulsion [KW] |
20.594 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
28.000 |
Speed [Kn] |
26,0 |
Additional Information |
frigate and former type ship of the ex Belgian "Wielingen" class, type "E 71" (4 vessels, of which the first 3 were aquired) - main armament: 4x MM 38 Exocet SSM, 1x 8-round SAM system Mk 29 (AIM-7P NATO Sea Sparrow missiles), 1x 100-mm gun Model 1968 DP, 1x 6-round 375-mm Bofors ASW rocket launcher, 2x fixed launching racks for L 5 Model 4 ASW torpedos |