F931 Louise-Marie
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_2.jpg/300px-Hr._Ms._Willem_van_der_Zaan_(1991)_2.jpg) The HNLMS Willem van der Zaan Photo credit: Royal Netherlands Navy (Dutch: Koninklijke Marine) |
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| Career (Netherlands) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (F829) |
| Namesake: | Schout-bij-nacht Willem van der Zaan |
| Builder: | KMS, Flushing (Netherlands) |
| Laid down: | 6 November 1985 |
| Launched: | 21 January 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 1991 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 August 2006 |
| Fate: | Sold to Belgium on 22 December 2005, will be transferred in 2008 |
| Career (Belgium) |  |
| Name: | F931 Louise-Marie |
| Namesake: | Queen Louise-Marie of Belgium |
| Christened: | 8 April 2008, by HM Queen Paola of Belgium |
| Acquired: | Purchased on 22 December 2005, from the Royal Netherlands Navy |
| In service: | 8 April 2008 |
| Renamed: | 8 April 2008, from HNLMS Willem van der Zaan |
| Homeport: | Zeebrugge Naval Base |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Karel Doorman class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,800 tonnes |
| Length: | 122.325 m |
| Beam: | 14.37 m |
| Draught: | 6.2 m |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Complement: | 15 officers, 70 NCO's, 60 sailors |
The F931 Louise-Marie is a Karel Doorman class frigate of the Naval Component of the Belgian Armed Forces to be commissioned in 2008. It is the second of the two frigates of this class that were purchased from the Royal Netherlands Navy on December 22, 2005.
It served in the Netherlands Royal Navy as the HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (F829).
The HNLMS Willem van der Zaan was rechristened as the F931 Louise-Marie on 8 April 2008 in Antwerp by Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Nederlands fregat voortaan onder Belgische vlag", De Telegraaf, 2008-04-02. Retrieved on 2008-04-02. (Dutch)
[edit] See also
- F930 Leopold I, for the other ship of this class that was sold to Belgium.
[edit] External link
- Homepage of HNLMS Willem van der Zaan on the website of the Royal Netherlands Navy - Only available in Dutch.
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