Latvian minehunter Visvaldis
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 Delfzijl on the right
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| History | |
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 Netherlands | |
| Name | Delfzijl |
| Namesake | The city of Delfzijl |
| Builder | Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam |
| Laid down | 29 May 1980 |
| Launched | 30 October 1982 |
| Commissioned | 17 August 1983 |
| Decommissioned | 19 June 2000 |
| Identification | Hull number: M851 |
| Fate | Sold to the Latvian Navy |
 Latvia | |
| Name | Visvaldis |
| Cost | €11.4 million (2007) (equivalent to €14.08 million in 2022)[1] |
| Acquired | 2007 |
| Commissioned | 2008 |
| Identification | Hull number: M-07 |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics [2][3] | |
| Type | Alkmaar-class minehunter |
| Displacement | 588 t (579 long tons) full load |
| Length | 51.50 m (169 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 8.90 m (29 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 18.5 m (60 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 1,860 hp (1,390 kW) Werkspoor RUB 215 V12 diesel engine |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Crew | 44 |
| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × DUBM 21B sonar |
| Armament | 1 × 20 mm (0.79 in) machine gun |
Visvaldis (M-07) (ex-HNLMS Delfzijl (A851)) is a former minehunter of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Now in service with the Latvian Navy.[2][3]
History
[edit]Delfzijl is the result of a cooparation between France, Belgium and The Netherlands. She is the second ship of the Alkmaar-class minehunters. The commissioning ceremony took place in Alblasserdam on 17 August 1983.[3]
Delfzijl was sold to the Latvian Navy in 2007 together with the Alkmaar, Dordrecht, Harlingen and Scheveningen. She was transferred in 2008 and renamed Visvaldis.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ 1262 to 1789 Leonardo Ridolfi, The French economy in the longue durée: a study on real wages, working days and economic performance from Louis IX to the Revolution (1250–1789), Ridolfi, L. (2019). Six Centuries of Real Wages in France from Louis IX to Napoleon III: 1250–1860. The Journal of Economic History, 79(3), 589-627. 1798 to 1809: Mitchell, B. R. (Brian R.). (1975). European historical statistics, 1750-1970. New York: Columbia University Press, 1810 to 1903: Sauvy, Alfred. Variations des prix de 1810 à nos jours. Journal de la société française de statistique, Volume 93 (1952) , pp. 88-104 1904 to 2022: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Coefficient de transformation de l'euro ou du franc d'une année, en euro ou en franc d'une autre année – Base 2015 – Série utilisée par le convertisseur franc-euro – Identifiant 010605954
- ^ a b c "Alkmaarklasse mijnenjagers" (in Dutch). Marineschepen.nl. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Hr.Ms. Delfzijl. (bnr. 851)" (in Dutch). Onze Marinevloot. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "M-07 "Visvaldis"" (in Latvian). Latvian National Armed Forces. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
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