Country: Belgium.
Class, [Type]: Tripartite, [MHC].
Homeport: Zeebrugge.
Callsign: ORGB (
)
Builder: Beliard, Ostende, Belgium.
Launch date: 14 February 1986.
Commission date: 14 August 1986.
Displacement ( tons ): 620 standard, 650 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 51,5 x 9 x 2,5.
Main machinery: 1 x Brons-Werkspoor A-RUB 215X-12 diesel ( 1900 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 15.
Range ( miles ): 3000 at 12 knots.
Complement: 46 ( 5 officers ).
Guns: 1 x 1 20mm GIAT F-2, 2 x 1 12,7mm.
Minehunting: 2 x PAP 104.
Radars: Navigaton: Decca 1229.
Sonars: 193M.

M917 Crocus
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M651 Verseau
M653 Capricorne
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M855 Scheveningen
32 Tsibar


September 2005. The Riga. Photo by M. Lipchik.