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Veurne 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Diest	M910		Quincy Adams YYd, Quincy, USA	6.1951		5.1953	to Taiwan 1969 (永福 [Yung Fu])
Eeklo	M911		Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA	8.1951		6.1953	to Taiwan 1969 (永清 [Yung Ching])
Lier	M912		Newins, City Island, USA	5.1951		8.1953	to Taiwan 1969 (永善 [Yung Shan])
Maaseik	M913		Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA	5.1951		8.1953	to Taiwan 1969 (永城 [Yung Cheng])
Roeselare	M914		Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA	7.1951		8.1953	to Norway 1966 (Tana)
Arlon	M915		Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA	9.1951		11.1953	to Norway 1966 (Alta)
Bastogne	M916		Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA	1.1952		12.1953	to Norway 1966 (Glomma)
Charleroi	M917		Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA	2.1952		2.1954	to Taiwan 1969 (永濟 [Yung Chi])
Saint-Niklaas	M918		Newins, City Island, USA	7.1951		2.1954	to Taiwan 1969 (永仁 [Yung Jen])
Saint-Truiden	M919		Consolidated SB, Morris Heights, USA	9.1952		2.1954	to Greece 1969 (Αταλάντη [Atalanti])
Diksmuide	M920		Newins, City Island, USA	11.1951		3.1954	to Taiwan 1969 (永綏 [Yung Sui])
Herve	M921		Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA	3.1952		4.1954	to Greece 1969 (Αντιόπη [Antiopi])
Malmédy	M922		Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA	4.1952		6.1953	to Greece 1969 (Φαίδρα [Faidra])
Blankenberge	M923		Consolidated SB, Morris Heights, USA	12.1952		6.1954	to Greece 1969 (Θάλεια [Thaleia])
La Roche	M924		Consolidated SB, Morris Heights, USA	3.1953		8.1954	to Greece 1969 (Νιόβη [Niovi])
De Panne	M925		Hiltebrant DD, Kingston, USA	11.1953		9.1954	to Turkey 1969 (Seymen)
Mechelen	M926		J. Boel, Temse	5.1953		12.1954	research ship 1963
Spa	M927		J. Boel, Temse	6.1953		3.1955	ammunition transport 1973
Stavelot	M928		J. Boel, Temse	4.1954		2.1956	stricken 1987
Heist	M929		J. Boel, Temse	6.1954		4.1956	degaussing ship 1978
Rochefort	M930		Crighton, Ostende	7.1953		11.1955	stricken 1992
Knokke	M931		Crighton, Ostende	7.1953		1955	stricken 1976
Nieuwpoort	M932		Crighton, Ostende	7.1953		11.1955	stricken 1991
Koksijde	M933		Crighton, Ostende	7.1954		11.1955	stricken 1991
Verviers	M934		Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA	10.1954		6.1956	stricken 1988
Veurne	M935		Hodgdon Bros, East Boothbay, USA	12.1955		8.1956	stricken 1987

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	330
Displacement full, t	390
Length, m	42.1 wl 44.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.10
Draught, m	2.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	880
Max speed, kts	13.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2700(10.5)
Armament	1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	Decca 1229 radar, UQS-1 sonar
Complement	36

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Project history

US Adjutant class.

Modernizations

1969, all survived: - 1 x 2 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

1969, Veurne; 1972, Verviers: - minesweeping gear; + Voith-Schneider propellers, type 193 sonar, decompression chamber and equipment for divers.

Naval service

No significant events.