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Belgian frigate Louise-Marie

Belgian Navy frigate, purchased in 2005

Summary

Belgian Navy frigate, purchased in 2005

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Het M-fregat Hr.Ms. Willem van der Zaan (F829) tijdens de oefening "Baltops" met voormalige oostbloklanden (2158 014784).jpg
image_caption	HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (F829) in 1995
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	Netherlands
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name	Willem van der Zaan
namesake	Schout-bij-nacht Willem van der Zaan
builder	Koninklijke Schelde Groep, Flushing (Netherlands)
laid_down	6 November 1985
launched	21 January 1989
commissioned	28 November 1991
decommissioned	25 August 2006
fate	Sold to Belgium on 22 December 2005
section3	{{Infobox ship/career
hide_header	title
country	Belgium
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name	Louise-Marie
namesake	Queen Louise-Marie of Belgium
christened	8 April 2008
acquired	22 December 2005
commissioned	8 April 2008
status	Active
homeport	Zeebrugge Naval Base
identification	*
section4	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement	2,800 tonnes
length	122.325 m
beam	14.37 m
draught	6.2 m
speed	30 kn
complement	15 officers, 70 NCO's, 60 sailors
aircraft	1 x NH90 NFH helicopter

Callsign: ORJQ
16 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow anti-air VLS
8 × Boeing Harpoon anti-ship missile
2–6 × FN MAG 7.62 mm machine gun
2–4 × Browning M2 12.7 mm machine gun
2 × Twin-Mark 46 torpedo tubes
1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun
1 × Goalkeeper CIWS

Louise-Marie (F931) is a of the Belgian Navy of the Belgian Armed Forces that was commissioned in 2008. It is the second of the two frigates of this class that were purchased from the Royal Netherlands Navy on 22 December 2005. It was originally commissioned in 1991 in the Netherlands, where it served as **HNLMS ''Willem van der Zaan''''' (**F829''').

Service

HNLMS Willem van der Zaan was rechristened Louise-Marie (F931) on 8 April 2008 in Antwerp by Queen Paola of Belgium. It was named after Louise-Marie, a naval vessel purchased by the Belgian navy in 1840, which in turn was named after Queen Louise-Marie of Belgium, the wife of Leopold I.

Missions

In September 2010, Louise-Marie was reported to be preparing for a second deployment to the Horn of Africa.

On 29 November 2013, the ship arrived in London, UK as part of the preparations for the centenary of the start of World War I delivering soil from 70 World War I battlefields collected by British and Belgian schoolchildren for the Flanders Fields Memorial Garden in London's Wellington Barracks.

On January 19, 2024, it was announced the Louise-Marie was being sent to the Red Sea to aid in the EU-led Operation Aspides to protect naval shipping in response to a rise in Houthi attacks on commercial vessels near the coast of Yemen. Scheduled to transit the Suez Canal on April 12, deployment indefinitely postponed due to failed operational and technical tests while transiting the Mediterranean Sea, including an incident where a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile was reportedly "stuck" in its launch tube. On 27 April, the issues were resolved and Louise-Marie set course for the area of operations.

References

(2 April 2008). "Nederlands fregat voortaan onder Belgische vlag". De Telegraaf.
"defence.professionals".
(30 November 2013). "WW1 'sacred soil' ceremony takes place in London". [[BBC News]].
(19 January 2024). "Belgium sends warship to Red Sea". [[Politico]].
"Belgium postpones Red Sea deployment after frigate mishaps".
(13 April 2024). "Raket blijft steken; inzet Belgisch fregat Rode Zee uitgesteld".
(29 April 2024). "Na lanceerproblemen is Belgisch fregat nu klaar voor Rode Zee".

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