Tripartite class minehunter

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French ship Céphée
Class overview
Name:	Tripartite
Operators:	French Navy  Belgian Navy  Royal Netherlands Navy  Pakistan Navy  Indonesian Navy
Completed:	45
General characteristics
Type:	minehunter
Displacement:	536 tonnes empty 605 tonnes
Length:	51.50 metres
Beam:	8.9 metres
Draught:	3.5 metres
Propulsion:	1370 kW "Werkspoor RUB 215" V12 diesel
Speed:	15 knots
Range:	3000 nm at 12 knots
Boats and landing craft carried:	2 rigit-hull inflatable boats PAP 104 (remote-guided submarine)
Complement:	5 officers, 17 non-commissioned officers, 25 sailors
Sensors and processing systems:	DUBM 21B sonar Decca 1229 navigation radar
Armament:	1 x 20 mm modèle F2 gun 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns

The Tripartite class minehunter is a type of minesweeper used by the navies of Belgium, France and the Netherlands, as well as Pakistan and Indonesia.

Contents 1 Description 2 Ships of the class 2.1 France 2.2 Belgium 2.3 Netherlands 2.4 Pakistan 2.5 Indonesia 2.6 Latvia 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Description

A joint venture of the Navies of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the Tripartite class of minehunters were conceived in the 1970s and built in the 1980s. France built the mine-hunting equipment, Belgium provided the electronics, and the Netherlands constructed the propulsion train. France and the Netherlands originally bought 15, with Belgium buying 10. All three countries' Tripartite ships contribute to NATO as part of MCMFORNORTH, or Mine Counter Measures Force North ("North" to distinguish itself from the Mediterraean minehunting fleet). Very expensive to repair, and operate.

[edit] Ships of the class

[edit] France

("Eridan" class, Thales Group is currently upgrading France's tripartite minehunters)

• M641 Eridan
• M642 Cassiopée
• M643 Andromède
• M644 Pégase
• M645 Orion
• M646 Croix du sud
• M647 L'Aigle
• M648 Lyre
• M649 Persée
• M651 Verseau (former Belgian M920 Iris)
• M652 Céphée (former Belgian M919 Fuchsia)
• M653 Capricorne (former Belgian M918 Dianthus)

[edit] Belgium

(also called "CMT" for Chasseur de Mines Tripartite, all are named after flowers and are thus sometimes called the "Flower" class)

• M915 Aster
• M916 Bellis
• M917 Crocus
• M921 Lobelia
• M923 Narcis
• M924 Primula

[edit] Netherlands

("Alkmaar" class)

• M850 Alkmaar [no longer in service, sold to Latvia]
• M851 Delfzijl [no longer in service, sold to Latvia]
• M852 Dordrecht [no longer in service, sold to Latvia]
• M853 Haarlem
• M854 Harlingen [no longer in service, sold to Latvia]
• M855 Scheveningen [no longer in service, sold to Latvia]
• M856 Maasluis
• M857 Makkum
• M858 Middelburg
• M859 Hellevoetsluis
• M860 Schiedam
• M861 Urk
• M862 Zierikzee
• M863 Vlaardingen
• M864 Willemstad

[edit] Pakistan

("Munsif" class)

• M166 Munsif (former French M650 Sagittaire) [1]
• M167 Muhafiz (built in France, completed in Pakistan)
• M168 Mujahid (built in Pakistan in 1998)

[edit] Indonesia

("Pulau Rengat" class)

• 711 Pulau Rengat [first intended to be Dutch M864 Willemstad]
• 712 Pulau Rupat [first intended to be Dutch M863 Vlaardingen]

[edit] Latvia

• M-04 Imanta
• M-05 Viesturs

[edit] See also

• Minehunter classes in service

[edit] External links

• Photos of Tripartites from NATO exercise
• Belgian navy page with technical specifications
• Dutch navy page about mine hunters (in Dutch) including a page on Alkmaar class
• World Navies - list of ships in each navy