Lemmer, Netherlands 17-10-2026
Part of Dokkum-class paid by the USA under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) and designed by Scheltema de Heere succeeded by Alkmaar-class (Tripartite) minehunters. Laid down by Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam on 19 September 1953, launched on 13 August 1955, commissioned on 29 December 1955, decommissioned on 16 April 1987 and now used by the Zeekadetkorps Lemmer.
An item referred to a Portuguese newspaper reporting on 27 July that a Portuguese minehunter was lost after hitting a German mine.
Source
Bundesarchiv RM-40-622
North Sea off Dutch coast 29 April 2026
Part of Alkmaar-class based on the design of the Tripartite-class mine countermeasures vessel which development started by Belgium, France and the Netherlands in 1975. Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 245945000 and call sign PAEO. Part of Alkmaar-class. Laid down by Scheepswerf Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands on 3 October 1986, launched on 27 January 1989 and commissioned on 20 September 1989.
Laid down on 28 February 1983 as part of the Alkmaar-class on the shipyard of Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands, launched on 23 February 1985, commissioned as Hr.Ms. Makkum on 13 May 1985, decommissioned on 25 November 2024, gifted to Ukraine in 2025, officially to be handed over in June 2026 with her new name Henichesk M314. MMSI 244025000 and call sign PAEH.
Model Ihlenfeldt&Berkefelt. Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany
Part of Type 333 Kulmbach-class which were Type 343 Hameln-class minesweepers upgraded to minehunters. Call sign DRFU. Laid down by Abeking&Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany on 14 September 1987, launched on 15 June 1989, commissioned on 24 April or 23 May 1990 and decommissioned on 31 March 2012.
Diary note dated Tuesday 5 September 1939. An item reported that Lieutenant Commander Durgin came back from Copenhagen, Denmark and saw at Warnemunde, Germany a torpedo boat called Luchs (1) and the gunnery school ship Delfin.(2)
Notes
1. Edward Robinson Durgin (14 January 1900 Palmyra, New Jersey-9 November 1970), between 1937-1940 as lieutenant commander Assistant U.S. Naval Attaché at Berlin, ended his career in the US Navy in the rank of rear admiral.
2. Type 24 torpedo boat preceded by Type 23 torpedo boat succeeded by Type 35 torpedo boat. Laid down by Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany with yard number 111 op 2 April 1927, launched on 15 March 1928, commissioned on 15 April 1929 and torpedoed and lost after leaving Stavanger, Norway to pick up the damaged Gneisenau bound for Kiel on 26 July 1940. Caused by a floating mine or torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Thames.
3. Artillery training boat, laid down by Howaldtswerf, Kiel, Germany als minehunter M108 in 1905, launched on 25 January 1906, commissioned on 15 May 1906, added as target tug and distance measurement tender to the naval artillery school since 15 November 1925, renamed Delphin on 2 June 1928, modernized and converted into a Flak training boot since 24 October 1936, renamed M5-8 and added to the mine service, renamed M3600 after 17 September 1943 when she became the leader of the flotilla active along the Dutch coast and handed over to Russia on 17 November 1945.
Source
National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)
Bezstrashni-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Bestrashni-class. Built by Schichau, Germany in 1898, launched in 1900, stricken in 1921 and ordered to be broken up on 24 June 1924. In First World War used als minehunter.
Isle of Aran, 2023
As Pembroke United Kingdom-flagged, IMO 4906769, MMSI 234625000 and call sign GCUJ. Part of Sandown-class minehunters preceded by Ton-class minesweepers. Launched by Vosper Thornycroft on 12 December 1997, commissioned on 6 October 1998, acquired by Romania on 29 September 2023 and commissioned on 4 August 2025. MMSI 264800099 and call sign YQYU.
Isle of Aran, 2023
Part of Tripartite-class minehunter in France known as Éridan-class. Laid down by Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient, France on 1 February 1993, launched on 14 January 1995 and commissioned on 2 April 1996. Replaced the Sagittaire which was sold to Pakistan in 1992.
MMSI 245944000 and call sign PAEN. Of the Tripartite-class. Laid down at the shipyard Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands on 6 May 1986, launched on 10 December 1988, commissioned on 15 March 1989, decommissioned on 27 March 2024, pledged to Ukraine in 2025, donated to Ukraine in 2025 and renamed Melitopol.
Part of Alkmaar-class. Laid down by Van der Giessen-De Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands on 1 October 1984, launched on 2 May 1986, commissioned on 10 December 1986 and decommissioned on 22 June 2022.
Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 244251000 and call sign PAEK. Part of Alkmaar-class, preceded by Dokkum-class succeeded by Vlissingen-class. Laid down by Van der Giessen-De Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands 7 May 1984, launched on 12 December 1985, commissioned on 9 JUly 1986 and to be donated to Bulgaria betweeen 2027-2028.
Laid down at the shipyard Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands on 11 July 1983, launched on 22 November 198, commissioned on 10 December and decommissioned in 2011. MMSI 244471000 and call sign PAEI. The 11th unit of the Alkmaar-class tripartite minesweepers. Sold to Pakistan in June 2021.
Belgium-flagged, MMSI 205219000 and call sign ORCP. Part of City-class preceded by Tripartite-class minehunters. Laid down by Piriou, Concarneau, France on 30 November 2021 and launched on 29 March 2023.
Part of Alkmaar-class based on the design of the Tripartite-class mine countermeasures vessel which development started by Belgium, France and the Netherlands in 1975. Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 245945000 and call sign PAEO. Part of Alkmaar-class. Laid down by Scheepswerf Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands on 3 October 1986, launched on 27 January 1989 and commissioned on 20 September 1989.
Netherlands-flagged, call sign PAEG.
Part of Alkmaar-class minehunters preceded by Dokkum-class succeeded by Vlissingen-class. Laid down by Van der Giessen-De Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands on 7 November 1982, launche don 27 April 1984, commissioned on 12 December 1984, decommissioned in 2011 and sold to Bulgaria in 2019, delivered at Varna on 23 September 2020 and commissioned on 14 October 2020.
MMSI 244591000 and call sign PAEM. Laid down on 25 February 1985 at the shipyard Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands, launched on 4 October 1986 and commissioned on 7 May 1987. Of the Alkmaar-class tripartite minesweepers/mine hunters.
Laid down on 28 February 1983 as part of the Alkmaar-class on the shipyard of Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands, launched on 23 February 1985, commissioned on 13 May 1985, decommissioned on 25 November 2024, gifted to Ukraine in 2025, officially to be handed over in June 2026 under her new name Henichesk M314. MMSI 244025000 and call sign PAEH.
Part of Alkmaar-class based on the design of the Tripartite-class mine countermeasures vessel which development started by Belgium, France and the Netherlands in 1975. Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 245945000 and call sign PAEO. Part of Alkmaar-class. Laid down by Scheepswerf Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands on 3 October 1986, launched on 27 January 1989 and commissioned on 20 September 1989.
Part of Alkmaar-class based on the design of the Tripartite-class mine countermeasures vessel which development started by Belgium, France and the Netherlands in 1975. Laid down by Scheepswerf Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam, Netherlands on 30 November 1981, launched on 9 July 1983, commissioned on 12 April 1984, decommissioned in October 2011 and handed over to Pakistan in 2022.
