Military Procurement International Vol. 18, No. 9, May 1, 2008
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BELGIUM
Second
M-frigate handed over
On April 8 in Antwerp, Dutch State Secretary Jack de
Vries transferred the Royal Netherlands
Navy Multi-purpose frigate (M-frigate) HNLMS Willem van der Zaan to the Belgian
Navy. Belgian Queen Paola re-christened the ship the Louise Marie.
This is
the second Dutch M-frigate to be transferred to Belgium. In 2007, HNLMS Karel
Doorman was the first. Another four frigates have been sold to Chile
and Portugal, while the two
remaining M-frigates continue to serve in the Dutch Navy. © DAPSS
S.A., 2008, Switzerland