| 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 |
| 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 (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers, 70 NCO's, 60 sailors |
| Aircraft carried: | Alouette III helicopter |
The F931 Louise-Marie is a Karel Doorman class frigate of the Naval Component of the Belgian Armed Forces that was 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] Louise-Marie is under command of commander Carl Gillis.
In September 2010, Louise-Marie was reported to be preparing for a second deployment to the Horn of Africa.[2]
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