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Frigate Westhinder (F913)

Frigate Westhinder (F913) 0

Classification

Ship class:
Wielingen-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Operator:
Belgian Marine Component of the Belgian Armed ForcesBelgian Marine Component of the Belgian Armed Forces
Country of build:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Decommissioned
Fate:
Scrapped in 1993

Ship measurements

Displacement:
2,200 t
Length:
106.4 m
Beam:
12.3 m
Draft:
5.6 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * ABC type DZC diesel engines of 4,000 hp each
  • 1 * Rolls Royce Olympus TM – 3B gas turbine 27,575 hp
  • 2 * Inverted screws with variable pitch
Speed:
28 knots
Range:
6000 nm at 16 knots

Personnel

Complement:
159

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • 1 * DA-05 surveillance radar from HSA (Hollandse Signaal Apparaten — now Thales Nederlands)
  • 1 * WM-25 fire-control radar from HSA (Hollandse Signaal Apparaten — now Thales Nederlands)
  • 1 * Kelvin-Hugues type 1007 navigation radar
  • 1 * 2 EOMS IR/Video optical targeting cameras
  • 1 * AN/SQS-510 sonar
Armament:
  • 1 * 100 mm Creusot-Loire Mod 68 main gun
  • 1 * Mk29 launcher with 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles
  • 4 * MM38 Exocet surface-to-surface missiles
  • 1 * 375 mm Bofors ASW rocket launcher (6 barrels)
  • 2 * Ecan L5 single torpedo launchers (10 × 533 mm torpedos)

Westhinder was the fourth and last ship of the Wielingen-class Frigate project.

She had been damaged during an anti-submarine exercise off the coast of Norway and was decommissioned in 1993 according to the reforms of the Defence Ministry.

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