Viesturs (M-05) (ex-HNLMS Scheveningen (A855)) is a former minehunter of the Royal Netherlands Navy that is now in service with the Latvian Navy.[1][2]
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| History | |
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 Netherlands | |
| Name | Scheveningen |
| Namesake | The city of Scheveningen |
| Builder | Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam |
| Laid down | 24 May 1982 |
| Launched | 2 December 1983 |
| Commissioned | 18 July 1984 |
| Decommissioned | 1 January 2003 |
| Identification | Hull number: M855 |
| Fate | Sold to the Latvian Navy |
 Latvia | |
| Name | Viesturs |
| Cost | €11.4 million (2007) |
| Acquired | 2007 |
| Commissioned | 2007 |
| Identification | Hull number: M-05 |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type | Alkmaar-class minehunter |
| Displacement | 588 t (579 long tons) full load |
| Length | 51.50 m (169 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 8.90 m (29 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 18.5 m (60 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 1,860 hp (1,390 kW) Werkspoor RUB 215 V12 diesel engine |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Crew | 44 |
| Sensors and processing systems | 1 × DUBM 21B sonar |
| Armament | 1 × 20 mm (0.79 in) machine gun |
History edit
Scheveningen is the result of a cooperation between France, Belgium and The Netherlands. It is the sixth ship in the Alkmaar-class minehunters. The commissioning ceremony took place in Alblasserdam on 18 July 1984.[2]
Scheveningen was sold to the Latvian Navy in 2007 together with Alkmaar, Delfzijl, Dordrecht and Harlingen. It was transferred in 2008 and renamed Viesturs.[1][2][3]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Alkmaarklasse mijnenjagers" (in Dutch). Marineschepen.nl. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Hr.Ms. Scheveningen. (bnr. 855)" (in Dutch). Onze Marinevloot. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "M-05 "Viesturs"" (in Latvian). Latvian National Armed Forces. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
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