BNS Godetia - A690
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- Category: Fishery Protection Vessels
BNS Godetia - A690 seen here entering the Port of Tyne on 4th May 2007.
Worth looking out for this one as whilst she is primarily a Mine Hunter she also operates as a Fisheries Protection Vessel.
She is a Belgian Navy minecraft logistics support ship, 2,500-ton, 92m long, and is the largest in Belgium’s small Navy. Launched on 7th of December 1965, at the Boel Yards (shipyard), Temse. Her role includes:
Fishery Protection
Support and Supply ship for minesweepers.
Command ship for Mine Counter Measure operations.
Radius of action
6.000 miles at economical speed (15 kts)
General
Displacement: 2.500 tons
Draught: 3,50 m
Length: 91,30 m
Width: 14 m
Crew
8 officers
29 NCO's
55 sailors and +/- 40 cadets
Maximum speed 18 knots
Output power 4 fast running diesel engines 1350HP each
Armament 4 x .50 machine guns