F-910 Wielingen

Country:  Belgium

Class, [Type]: Wielingen, [FF].

Builder: Boelwerft, Temse, Belgium.

Launch date: 30 March 1976.

Commission date: 20 January 1978.

Decommission date: 2008.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.940 standard, 2.430 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 106,4 x 12,3 x 5,6

Main machinery: CODOG: 1 x RR Olympus TM3B gas turbine ( 25.440 hp ), 2 x Cockerill 240 CO V 12 diesels ( 6.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 26; 15 with 1 diesel, 20 with 2 diesels.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 18 knots, 6.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 159 ( 13 officers ).

Guns: 1 x Creusot-Loire 100mm/55 Mod 68.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x MM38 Exocet, in two double mountings; SAM: Raytheon Sea Sparrow RIM-7P model, with an Mk29 octuple launcher.

Torpedoes: 2 x 533mm tubes for ECAN L5 Mod 4.

A/S Mortars: 1 x 375mm Creusot Loire. 6 tubes.

Radar: Air/Surface: Signaal DA 05, E/F bands; Navigation: Signaal Scout, I/J bands ; Surface/Fire Control: Signaal WM 25, I/J bands.

Sonar: Computing Devices Canada SQS 510, hull mounted, with active search and attack modes, operating in medium frequencies.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 6 tubes Tracor MRA SRBOC Mk36 launchers, for chaff and flares; Towed torpedo decoy SLQ 25 Nixie; ESM: Argos AR 900 ( radar warning ).

Callsign: ORJR ()

Comment: This ship, along with the rest of the class were the result of the first design developed alone by the Belgian Navy and built in shipyards of the country. Sold to Bulgaria, now serving as 42 Verni.

Homeport: Zeebrugge.

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