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BNS Crocus - M917


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BNS Crocus - M917

BNS Crocus - M917 on a courtesy visit to Newcastle Upon Tyne (North East England) and seen here alongside Newcastle Quayside on 3rd October 2009.

She is a Tripartite Mine Hunter of the Belgian Navy with a hull of "GRP" (Glass Reinforced Polyester).

Information from the Belgian Navy site @ http://www.mil.be/na...t&MENU=0&PAGE=1

Radius of action: 3000 nautical miles (at 12 knots)

Displacement: 560 ton
Length: 51,50 m
Width: 8,96 m
Depth: 3,60 m
Height above the waterline: 18,50 m
Speed: till 15 knots

Crew
4 Officers
15 CPO and PO
17 sailors

Mine identification and neutralization equipment:

* Mine clearance divers (4 ea) with VIPĖR nitrox breathing apparatus
* Atlas Elektronik "Sea fox" Mine Disposal and Identification System (MIDS) type Identification (I-version) and type Combat (C-version) against ground/moored/drifting mines

Gunnery
3 machineguns FN calibre .50 for self-protection.

Main Propulsion
A 1370 kW supercharged diesel main engine "Werkspoor ARUB 215" V12 diesel drives a 5-blades variable pitch propeller.
2 ACEC active rudders are fitted with fixed pitch propeller, each powered by a 180 kW electrical motor and an exclusively transverse-acting bow propulsion system "HOLEC" supplements the rudder action during operations.