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BNS Louise Marie - F931


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BNS Louise Marie - F931

BNS Louise Marie - F431 outbound from the Port of Tyne, North East England on 11th April 2010. She had been alongside the Tyne Commissioners Quay, North Shields for a weekend courtesy visit. This set of photographs taken from Western Quay, North Shields.

She is a Belgian Naval Frigate and former Dutch vessel the HNLMS Willem van der Zaan.

Builder: KMS, Flushing (Netherlands)
Laid down: 6 November 1985
Launched: 21 January 1989
Commissioned: 28 November 1991
Decommissioned: 25 August 2006
Fate: Sold to Belgium on 22 December 2005
Class and type: Karel Doorman class frigate
Displacement: 2,800 tonnes
Length: 122.325 m
Beam: 14.37 m
Draught: 6.2 m
Speed: 30 knots
Complement: 15 officers, 70 NCO's, 60 sailors