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Monday 23 May 2022

Belgian frigate (former Dutch Karel Doorman 1985-2006) BNS Leopold I (F930) 2005-



Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 23 May 2022

Belgium-flagged, MMSI 205203000 and call sign ORJP. Prededed by Kortenaer and Roofdier-classes, Laid at the shipyard Kon.Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands as the Dutch multi purpose frigate Karel Doorman (F827) with yard number 364 on 26 February 1985, launched on 20 April 1988, commissioned on 31 May 1991, sold to Belgium on 22 December 2005, decommissioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy in 2006 and handed over to Belgium on 29 March 2007. Based at Zeebrugge, Belgium. General specifications of the Dutch Karel Doorman-class frigates are a displacement of 2.800 tonnes and as dimensions 122,325 x 14,37 x 6,2 metres or 40.3 x 47.1 x 20 feet. With a speed of 30 knots


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