Belgian frigate Leopold I
HNLMS Karel Doorman
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History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Karel Doorman |
Namesake | Schout-bij-nacht Karel Doorman |
Builder | Vlissingen (Netherlands ) |
Laid down | 26 February 1985 |
Launched | 20 April 1988 |
Commissioned | 31 May 1991 |
Decommissioned | 2006 |
Identification | F827 |
Fate | Sold to Belgium on 22 December 2005, and transferred on 29 March 2007 |
Belgium | |
Name | Leopold I |
Namesake | King Leopold I of Belgium |
Christened | 29 March 2007, by Queen Fabiola of Belgium |
Acquired | Purchased on 22 December 2005, from the Royal Netherlands Navy |
In service | 29 March 2007 |
Homeport | Zeebrugge Naval Base |
Identification |
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Motto | Audaces Fortuna Juvat ("Fortune favours the bold"; Latin) |
Status | Active |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Karel Doorman-class frigate |
Displacement | 2,800 tonnes |
Length | 122.325 m (401 ft 3.9 in) |
Beam | 14.37 m (47 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
Complement | 15 officers, 70 NCOs, 60 sailors |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 x NH-90 NFH Helicopter |
Leopold I (F930) is a
HNLMS Karel Doorman
HNLMS Karel Doorman was the first ship of the Karel Doorman class of multi-purpose frigates (also known as "M-fregat" class). She was the third ship in the Royal Netherlands Navy to be named after Admiral Karel Doorman, who was killed during the Battle of the Java Sea. The ship was laid down on 26 February 1985, launched on 20 April 1988 and commissioned on 31 May 1991.
She took part in anti-drug operations in the Caribbean together with the
Leopold I
On 20 July 2005, the Belgian government decided to buy two of the remaining six Dutch M-class frigates to replace the two remaining frigates of the Wielingen class (Wielingen and Westdiep) then in service with the Belgian Naval Component. On 22 December 2005, Karel Doorman and Willem van der Zaan were sold to Belgium.
Karel Doorman was taken out of service in 2006 and turned over to the Belgian Marine Component on 29 March 2007 where the ship was
East African deployment
Leopold I embarked upon her first official mission for the Naval Component on 5 September 2007. She was deployed to East Africa as part of the international mission against
Fight against ISIL
In November 2015, a
References
- ^ "Mission Arromanches 2 : Déploiment du GAN en Méditerranée orientale et dans l'Océan Indien". colsbleus.fr (in French). 18 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ @BelgiumDefence (25 March 2020). "Despite all the precautions taken, a case of contamination COVID19 has been confirmed among the crew of the frigate Leopold I." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Contamination au Coronavirus: Le Leopold I Reste à Quais" (in French). Belgian Military. 27 March 2020. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Corona infection on board Belgian frigate Leopold I". vrt.be. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Covid-19. Did Belgium make the right choice by interrupting the Foch mission". bruxelles2.eu. 10 April 2020. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "French Carrier Strike Group Begins 'Foch' Deployment". navalnews.com. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.