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Name
  
Tripartite class

In service
  
1981-

Completed
  
45

Built
  
1981-1989

In commission
  
1981

Tripartite-class minehunter

Operators
  
French Navy Belgian Marine Component Royal Netherlands Navy Pakistan Navy Indonesian Navy Latvian Naval Forces Bulgarian Navy

The Tripartite class is a class of mine warfare vessel used by the navies of Belgium, France and the Netherlands, as well as Pakistan, Indonesia, Latvia, and Bulgaria.

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Description

A joint venture of the navies of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the Tripartite class of minehunters were conceived in the 1970s and built in the 1980s. France built the mine-hunting equipment, Belgium provided the electronics, and the Netherlands constructed the propulsion train. France and the Netherlands originally bought 15, with Belgium buying 10.

All three countries' Tripartite ships contribute at times to NATO's Standing Maritime MCM capability groups (SNMCMG1 or SNMCMG2).

France

(Éridan class, Thales Group is currently upgrading France's Tripartite minehunters)

  • M641 Éridan
  • M642 Cassiopée
  • M643 Andromède
  • M644 Pégase
  • M645 Orion
  • M646 Croix du Sud
  • M647 Aigle
  • M648 Lyre
  • M649 Persée (decommissioned in August 2009)
  • M650 Sagittaire (1989): Sold to Pakistan in 1992, where she serves as Munsif. Another Éridan-class minehunter, built in 1993 and launched in 1995, is now commissioned in the French Navy as Sagittaire, also with hull number M650.
  • M651 Verseau (former Belgian M920 Iris, decommissioned in February 2010)
  • M652 Céphée (former Belgian M919 Fuchsia)
  • M653 Capricorne (former Belgian M918 Dianthus)
  • M650 Sagittaire (1996) Replacement for the Sagittaire of 1989 sold to Pakistan.

    • Belgium

    Originally 10 ships were built for the Belgian navy. All remaining Belgian vessels have undergone an extensive upgrade during 2004-2008 involving replacement of the anti-mine warfare equipment. Also called "CMT" for Chasseur de Mines Tripartite, all are named after flowers and are thus sometimes called the "Flower" class in international literature.

    Currently in service:

  • Aster (M915)
  • Bellis (M916)
  • Crocus (M917)
  • Lobelia (M921)
  • Narcis (M923)
  • Primula (M924)

    • Formerly: M920 Iris, M919 Fuchsia and M918 Dianthus were sold to France and M922 Myosotis was sold to Bulgaria

    Bulgaria

  • Tsibar (former Belgian Navy Myosotis (M922)

    • Indonesia

    ("Pulau Rengat" class)

  • 711 Pulau Rengat (first intended to be Dutch M864 Willemstad)
  • 712 Pulau Rupat (first intended to be Dutch M863 Vlaardingen)

    • Latvia

  • M-04 Imanta (former Dutch M854 Harlingen)
  • M-05 Viesturs (former Dutch M855 Scheveningen)
  • M-06 Talivaldis (former Dutch M852 Dordrecht)
  • M-07 Visvaldis (former Dutch M851 Delfzijl)
  • M-08 Rusins (former Dutch M850 Alkmaar)

    • Netherlands

    ("Alkmaar" class)

  • M850 Alkmaar (no longer in service, sold to Latvia)
  • M851 Delfzijl (no longer in service, sold to Latvia)
  • M852 Dordrecht (no longer in service, sold to Latvia)
  • M853 Haarlem (out of commission sept 2011)
  • M854 Harlingen (no longer in service, sold to Latvia)
  • M855 Scheveningen (no longer in service, sold to Latvia)
  • M856 Maasluis (out of commission sept 2011)
  • M857 Makkum
  • M858 Middelburg (out of commission sept 2011)
  • M859 Hellevoetsluis (out of commission sept 2011)
  • M860 Schiedam
  • M861 Urk
  • M862 Zierikzee
  • M863 Vlaardingen
  • M864 Willemstad

    • Pakistan

    ("Munsif" class)

  • M166 Munsif (former French M650 Sagittaire)
  • M163 Muhafiz (built in France, completed in Pakistan)
  • M164 Mujahid (built in Pakistan in 1998)

    • References

    Tripartite-class minehunter Wikipedia
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