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DIEST coastal minesweepers (1953-1956)


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Veurne 1980

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Diest M910   Quincy Adams YYd, Quincy, USA 6.1951   5.1953 to Taiwan 1969 (永福 [Yung Fu])
Eeklo M911   Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA 8.1951   6.1953 to Taiwan 1969 (永清 [Yung Ching])
Lier M912   Newins, City Island, USA 5.1951   8.1953 to Taiwan 1969 (永善 [Yung Shan])
Maaseik M913   Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA 5.1951   8.1953 to Taiwan 1969 (永城 [Yung Cheng])
Roeselare M914   Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA 7.1951   8.1953 to Norway 1966 (Tana)
Arlon M915   Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA 9.1951   11.1953 to Norway 1966 (Alta)
Bastogne M916   Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA 1.1952   12.1953 to Norway 1966 (Glomma)
Charleroi M917   Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA 2.1952   2.1954 to Taiwan 1969 (永濟 [Yung Chi])
Saint-Niklaas M918   Newins, City Island, USA 7.1951   2.1954 to Taiwan 1969 (永仁 [Yung Jen])
Saint-Truiden M919   Consolidated SB, Morris Heights, USA 9.1952   2.1954 to Greece 1969 (Αταλάντη [Atalanti])
Diksmuide M920   Newins, City Island, USA 11.1951   3.1954 to Taiwan 1969 (永綏 [Yung Sui])
Herve M921   Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA 3.1952   4.1954 to Greece 1969 (Αντιόπη [Antiopi])
Malmédy M922   Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA 4.1952   6.1953 to Greece 1969 (Φαίδρα [Faidra])
Blankenberge M923   Consolidated SB, Morris Heights, USA 12.1952   6.1954 to Greece 1969 (Θάλεια [Thaleia])
La Roche M924   Consolidated SB, Morris Heights, USA 3.1953   8.1954 to Greece 1969 (Νιόβη [Niovi])
De Panne M925   Hiltebrant DD, Kingston, USA 11.1953   9.1954 to Turkey 1969 (Seymen)
Mechelen M926   J. Boel, Temse 5.1953   12.1954 research ship 1963
Spa M927   J. Boel, Temse 6.1953   3.1955 ammunition transport 1973
Stavelot M928   J. Boel, Temse 4.1954   2.1956 stricken 1987
Heist M929   J. Boel, Temse 6.1954   4.1956 degaussing ship 1978
Rochefort M930   Crighton, Ostende 7.1953   11.1955 stricken 1992
Knokke M931   Crighton, Ostende 7.1953   1955 stricken 1976
Nieuwpoort M932   Crighton, Ostende 7.1953   11.1955 stricken 1991
Koksijde M933   Crighton, Ostende 7.1954   11.1955 stricken 1991
Verviers M934   Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA 10.1954   6.1956 stricken 1988
Veurne M935   Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA 12.1955   8.1956 stricken 1987


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

330

Displacement full, t

390

Length, m

42.1 wl 44.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.10

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

880

Max speed, kts

13.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2700(10.5)

Armament

1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

Decca 1229 radar, UQS-1 sonar

Complement

36



Standard scale images


<i>Verviers </i>1970
Verviers 1970


Graphics


<i>Veurne </i>1980
Veurne 1980


Project history

US Adjutant class.

Modernizations

1969, all survived: - 1 x 2 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

1969, Veurne; 1972, Verviers: - minesweeping gear; + Voith-Schneider propellers, type 193 sonar, decompression chamber and equipment for divers.

Naval service

No significant events.