J. E. Van Haverbeke 1965
A. F. Dufour 1980
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| J. E. Van Haverbeke | M902 | Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA | 3.1959 | 29.10.1959 | 12.1960 | stricken 2001 | |
| A. F. Dufour (ex-Lången) | M903 | Bellingham SY, USA | 2.1954 | 13.8.1954 | 9.1955 // 4.1966 | stricken 2001 | |
| De Brouwer (ex-Mansen) | M904 | Bellingham SY, USA | 4.1954 | 15.10.1954 | 11.1955 // 4.1966 | stricken 1993 | |
| Breydel | M906 | Tacoma BB, USA | 11.1954 | 25.3.1955 | 2.1956 | stricken 1993 | |
| Artevelde | M907 | Tacoma BB, USA | 10.1953 | 19.6.1954 | 12.1955 | diving vessel 1972-1974, stricken 1985 | |
| Georges Truffaut | M908 | Tampa SB, USA | 2.1955 | 11.11.1955 | 10.1956 | stricken 2001 | |
| François Bovesse | M909 | Tampa SB, USA | 4.1954 | 2.8.1956 | 1.1957 | stricken 2001 |
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Displacement standard, t |
720 |
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Displacement full, t |
780 |
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Length, m |
50.3 wl 52.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.0 |
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Draught, m |
4.20 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 General Motors diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
1520 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
3000(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, A Mk 2, A Mk 4, A Mk 6 acoustic, M Mk 5, M Mk 6, M Mk 7 magnetic, Oropesa No.1 mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-53 radar, UQS-1 sonar |
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Complement |
72 |
Project history: US Aggressive/Agile class, transferred under MDAP shortly after completion, two units were acquired from Norway in 1966 in exchange for three Adjutant class coastal minesweepers.
Modernizations: 1972, Artevelde: - minesweeping gear; + diving equipment
1973, De Brouwer; 1974, A. F. Dufour; 1975, J. E. Van Haverbeke; 1976, Breydel, Georges Truffaut, François Bovesse: as minehunters - 1 x 1 - 40/60, UQS-1 sonar; + 1 x 2 - 12.7/90, SQQ-14 sonar, decompression chamber, diving equipment
1974, Artevelde: + decompression chamber
Naval service: No significant events.
François Bovesse 1980
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