HNLMS Scheveningen (M841)
 Artist impression of the Vlissingen-class MCM
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| History | |
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| Name | HNLMS Scheveningen[1] |
| Namesake | City of Scheveningen |
| Builder | Kership, Lorient, France |
| Laid down | 19 July 2023[2] |
| Commissioned | 2026 (planned) |
| Identification | Pennant number: M841 |
| Status | Under construction |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Class and type | Vlissingen-class mine countermeasures vessel |
| Displacement | 2,900 t (2,900 long tons) full load |
| Length | 82.30 m (270 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 3.80 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Speed | 15.3 knots (28.3 km/h; 17.6 mph) |
| Complement | 29–63 |
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HNLMS Scheveningen (M841) is the fourth ship in the City / Vlissingen-class mine countermeasures vessels, and second to be built for the Royal Netherlands Navy.
History
[edit]Scheveningen is the result of a joint procurement programme for the replacements of the Tripartite- / Alkmaar-class minehunters for the Belgian- and Dutch navies.[4]
She will be the fourth ship in the class and the second for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Her keel was laid down at Giurgiu shipyard, Giurgiu, Romania on 19 July 2023, and is planned to be commissioned in 2026.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Namen mijnenbestrijdingsvaartuigen bekend" (in Dutch). Marineschepen. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ a b "De bouw van het toekomstige mijnenbestrijdingsvaartuig Zr.Ms. Scheveningen is gestart" (in Dutch). Koninklijke Marine. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "City- en Vlissingenklasse mijnenbestrijdingsvaartuigen (België en Nederland)" (in Dutch). Marineschepen. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "Naval Group team selected for BE/NL MCM programme". Janes. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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