HNLMS Vlaardingen

Update 03.06.2023
Current Name HNLMS Vlaardingen
Ships Sign M 863
Call Sign PAEN
Operator The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy), Den Helder (Head Office), Netherlands
Owner Government of The Kingdom of The Netherlands (Ministerie van Defensie) (Commandant Zeemacht Nederland), 's-Gravenhage, Netherlands
Flag Netherlands
Type of Ship minehunter
Completion 1988
Shipyard van der Giessen - de Noord N.V., Alblasserdam, Netherlands
Displacement [t] 540
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 14th Dutch "Alkmaar" ("Tripartite") class coastal minehunter [MHC] (original 15 vessels), also see >HNLMS Makkum<, >HNLMS Schiedam< and >HNLMS Zierikzee< - 5 of them were later sold to Latvia, here also see >Visvaldis<, >Imanta< and >Viesturs< - (all in all 35 vessels for Belgium, France and the Netherlands), also see exemplary >BNS Crocus< (BE) and >Pegase< (FR) - main armament: 1x 20-mm AA gun GIAT 20F-2
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