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LEOPOLD I frigates (1991/2005)

Leopold I 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Leopold I (ex-Karel Doorman) F930 364 KM De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 26.2.1985 20.4.1988 31.5.1991 // 22.12.2005 in service (2019)
Louise-Marie (ex-Willem van der Zaan) F931 365 KM De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 6.11.1985 21.1.1989 28.11.1991 // 22.12.2005 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

2800

Displacement full, t

3320

Length, m

114.4 pp 122.3 oa

Breadth, m

14.4

Draught, m

4.30 hull 6.05 propellers

No of shafts

2

Machinery

F930: CODOG: 2 Rolls-Royce Spey RM-1A gas turbines / 2 Werkspoor-Wärtsilä 12SW 280V12 diesels

F931: CODOG: 2 Rolls-Royce Spey RM-1C gas turbines / 2 Werkspoor-Wärtsilä 12SW 280V12 diesels

Power, h. p.

F930: 37530 / 9800

F931: 48900 / 9800

Max speed, kts

F930: 29

F931: 30

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil / diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

5000(18)

Armament

2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 1 x 16 Sea Sparrow SAM (VLS, 16 RIM-7M), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact SR, 1 x 7 - 30/77 Goalkeeper, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 - 324 Mk 32 mod. 9 TT (Mk 46 mod. 5), 1 helicopter (SH-14D Sea Lynx)

Electronic equipment

F930: Decca 1690/9, SMART-S, Scout, LW-08, 2x STIR-1.8, Goalkeeper radars, PHS-36 sonar, AR700, 2x APECS-II ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, SEWACO VIIA CCS

F931: Decca 1690/9, SMART-S, Scout, LW-08, 2x STIR-1.8, Goalkeeper radars, PHS-36 sonar, AR700, 2x APECS-II ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, SEWACO VIIB CCS

Complement

154

Project history: Former Dutch frigates of Karel Doorman class, transferred in December 2005 and commissioned by Belgian Navy after refit and modernization 29.3.2007 and 8.4.2008 respectively.

Modernizations: 2008, Leopold I; 2010, Louise-Marie: - SH-14D Sea Lynx helicopter; + 1 NH90 helicopter, length oa became 124.3m (helipad was lengthened)

2013, Leopold I: - AR700 ECM suite, SEWACO VIIA CCS; + Seastar radar, APX Vigile ECM suite, SEWACO XI CCS

2015, Louise-Marie: - AR700 ECM suite, SEWACO VIIB CCS; + Seastar radar, APX Vigile ECM suite, SEWACO XI CCS

Naval service: No significant events.

Leopold I 2013

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019