Belgian Navy Armed Forces Naval Component Defensie

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Belgian Armed Forces - Naval Component
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Frigates:

Future Surface Combatant / Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF)
2 units on order

Leopold I class Frigate
(ex Netherlands Karel Doorman class Frigates)
F 930 BNS Leopold I | F 931 BNS Louise Marie

Wielingen class Frigate
F 910 BNS Wielingen | F 911 BNS Westdiep | F 912 BNS Wandelaar | F 913 BNS Westhinder

ex US Tacoma class Frigate
F 910 BNS Luitenant ter zee Victor Billet (1944/47-57) - ex USS Sheboygan / PF 57

Patrol Vessels:

Castor class Patrol Vessel
P 901 BNS Castor | P 902 BNS Pollux

River Patrol Vessel
(26 meters / 30 tons)
P 902 BNS Liberation (1954-2003)

Ijzer class River Patrol Vessel
(23 meters / 28 tons)
P 900 BNS Ijzer (1953-69)
P 901 BNS Leie (1953-83)
P 902 BNS Dender (never commissioned, sold)
P 903 BNS Meuse (1953-83)
P 904 BNS Sambre (1953-83)
P 905 BNS Schelde (1953-83)
P 906 BNS Semois (1953-83)
P 907 BNS Rupel (1954-83)
P 908 BNS Ourthe (1954-83)

Aviation:

NHIndustries NH90 NFH
Aerospatiale SA 316B Alouette III
Westland Sea King

>> NOTE: Royal Belgian Navy vessels are given the prefix 'BNS', short for Belgian Navy Ship (NATO-prefix) <<

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