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Wielingen Class Frigate
The ''Wielingen'' class is a class of four multi-functional frigates built for the Belgian Navy. The ships are named after sandbanks in the North Sea, not far from the Belgian coast, or sea routes. The lead ship is named after the Wielingen sandbank. History The Belgian government decided on 22 December 1970 to order four new frigates, which would be built by Belgian shipyards. These ships would replace the old escort ships of the . The last of these left service in 1969. Project studies had already begun in 1964 with the advice of the Dutch Navy and continued in 1971 in cooperation with the two Belgian shipyards, Boelwerf, at Temse, and Cockerill, at Hoboken, Antwerp. The construction of the ships began in 1974. The four ships, , , , and , were commissioned in the following years. The fourth frigate, ''Westhinder'', was decommissioned in 1993 according to the reforms of Defence Minister Leo Delcroix. She had previously been damaged during an anti-submarine exercise off t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Frigate Verni (42) In The Black Sea In July 2015
''Verni'' ( bg, Верни, , Loyal) is a ''Wielingen''-class frigate of the Bulgarian Navy. She was originally commissioned as ''Wielingen'' in the Belgian Navy. Construction and career ''Wielingen'' was launched on 30 March 1976 at the Boelwerf in Temse, and christened by Queen Fabiola of Belgium, on 20 January 1978. The patronage of the ''Wielingen'' was accepted by the city of Malmedy. ''Wielingen'' was the first ship in the ''Wielingen'' class, and had the pennant number In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of ''pendant number'', which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that iden ... F910. The ship was sold to the Bulgarian Navy and left the Zeebrugge Naval Base in February 2009 under the Bulgarian flag. She was renamed ''Verni'', with the new pennant number 42. Wielingen-class frigates 1976 ships Wielingen-class frigate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Federal Government
The Federal Government of Belgium ( nl, Federale regering, french: Gouvernement fédéral, german: Föderalregierung) exercises executive power in the Kingdom of Belgium. It consists of ministers and secretary of state ("junior", or deputy-ministers who do not sit in the Council of Ministers) drawn from the political parties which form the governing coalition. The federal government is led by the Prime Minister of Belgium, and ministers lead ministries of the government. Ministers together form the Council of Ministers, which is the supreme executive organ of the government (equivalent to a cabinet). Formally, executive power is vested in the king, who formally appoints the ministers. However, under the Constitution of Belgium, the king is not politically responsible for exercising his powers, but must exercise it through the ministers. The king's acts are not valid unless countersigned by a minister, and the countersigning minister assumes political responsibility for the ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Naval Ship Classes In Service
The list of naval ship classes in service includes all combatant surface classes in service currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within. For other vessels, see also: * List of submarine classes in service * List of auxiliary ship classes in service Aircraft carriers ; -class (Project 1143.5) aircraft carrier * Builders: (Black Sea Shipyard in Mykolaiv, present-day Ukraine) * Displacement: 57,700 tons * Aircraft: 17 fixed-wing aircraft and 24 helicopters * Armament: 12 × P-700 Granit SSM; 192 × Tor SAM; 8 × CADS-1 CIWS; 8 × AK-630; 2 × RBU-12000 * Powerplant: 8 boilers, 4 steam turbines (200,000 shp) * Speed: 32 knots * Range: 3,850 nmi at 32 knots * Ships in class: 2 * Operator: , * Commissioned: 1995 * Status: 2 in service ; -class aircraft carrier * Builders: * Type: Aircraft carrier * Displacement: 27,910 tons * Aircraft: 8 AV-8B Harrier II Plus, 12 EH101 helicop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Frigate Westhinder (F913)
''Westhinder'' was a of the Belgian Navy. Construction and career ''Westhinder'' was launched on 30 March 1976 at the Cockerill Yards in Hoboken, Antwerp, and christened by Queen Fabiola of Belgium, on 20 January 1978. The patronage of the ''Westhinder'' was accepted by the city of Malmedy. ''Westhinder'' was the last ship in the Wielingen-class, and had pennant number In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of ''pendant number'', which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that iden ... F913. It sustained damage during a NATO exercise off the coast of Norway. References Wielingen-class frigates 1976 ships Ships built in Belgium Frigates of the Cold War {{mil-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Frigate Wandelaar (F912)
''Drazki'' ( bg, Дръзки, , daring, intrepid) is a of the Bulgarian Navy. Originally constructed for the Belgian Navy as ''Wandelaar'', the ship was acquired by the Bulgarian Navy in 2004. The frigate is currently in active service. Construction and career In the Belgian Navy ''Wandelaar'' was ship naming and launching, launched on 21 June 1977 at the Boelwerf in Temse, as the third ship in the ''Wielingen'' class. The frigate was later ship commissioning, commissioned on 3 October 1978 with the pennant number F912, and later christened by Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium on the 27 October. It was named after the Wandelaar sand bank off the coast of Belgium, near Zeebrugge. In the Bulgarian Navy ''Wandelaar'' was sold to the Bulgarian Navy in 2004. It was refurbished and commissioned as ''Drazki'' with pennant number 41. In 2008 two other sister ships, and , were sold to Bulgaria. See also * Bulgarian torpedo boat Drazki, after which the current ship was named Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Frigate Westdiep (F911)
''Gordi'' ( bg, Горди, , Proud) is a ''Wielingen''-class frigate of the Bulgarian Navy with number 43. It was originally commissioned as ''Westdiep'' in the Belgian Navy. Construction and career ''Westdiep'' was launched on 8 December 1975 at the Cockerill Yards in Hoboken, and christened by Princess Astrid of Belgium, on 20 January 1978. The patronage of the ''Westdiep'' was accepted by the city of Sint-Niklaas. ''Westdiep'' was the second ship in the ''Wielingen'' class. She had the pennant number In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of ''pendant number'', which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that iden ... F911. On 5 October 2007 ''Westdiep'', , was withdrawn from service. She was sold to the Bulgarian Navy together with her sister, ''Wielingen''. Another sistership, ''Wandelaar'' has already been sold to Bulgaria. ''West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Frigate Wielingen (F910)
''Verni'' ( bg, Верни, , Loyal) is a ''Wielingen''-class frigate of the Bulgarian Navy. She was originally commissioned as ''Wielingen'' in the Belgian Navy. Construction and career ''Wielingen'' was launched on 30 March 1976 at the Boelwerf in Temse, and christened by Queen Fabiola of Belgium, on 20 January 1978. The patronage of the ''Wielingen'' was accepted by the city of Malmedy. ''Wielingen'' was the first ship in the ''Wielingen'' class, and had the pennant number In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of ''pendant number'', which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that iden ... F910. The ship was sold to the Bulgarian Navy and left the Zeebrugge Naval Base in February 2009 under the Bulgarian flag. She was renamed ''Verni'', with the new pennant number 42. Wielingen-class frigates 1976 ships Wielingen-class frigate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Navy
The Bulgarian Navy ( bg, Военноморски сили на Република България, Voennomorski sili na Republika Balgariya, lit=Naval Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria) is the navy of the Republic of Bulgaria and forms part of the Bulgarian Armed Forces. It has been largely overlooked in the reforms that Bulgaria had to go through in order to comply with NATO standards, mostly because of the great expense involved and the fact that naval assaults are not considered to be a great concern for the country's security. That is why three of the four s (excluding ''Slava'') are now docked and have been out of operation for some time. The last one was decommissioned in November 2011. Only the more modern frigates, corvettes and missile crafts are on active duty. The Bulgarian Navy is centred in two main bases. One is near the city of Varna. The other is by the village of Atia, near the city of Burgas. Operational history First Balkan War The Bulgarian Navy's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Delcroix
Leo Delcroix (21 November 1949 – 2 November 2022) was a Belgian Flemish politician. He was a member of the Christian People's Party (CVP). Biography Political career Delcroix earned a degree in classical philology from the University of Antwerp, a law degree from KU Leuven, and later studied economics at the Limburg Universitair Centrum. In 1984, he became national secretary of the CVP and served as a in the Senate from 1991 to 1995. On 7 March 1992, he became Minister of Defense within the , a mandate in which he suspended mandatory conscription. He also carried out reforms within the Belgian Armed Forces with a considerable reduction in the number of soldiers, weapons, and barracks and froze the military budget for five years. He was a founding member of the Eurocorps and increasingly deployed the Belgian Armed Forces for operations in Yugoslavia, Somalia, and Rwanda. In 1995, Delcroix was elected to the Flemish Parliament, where he remained until 1999. He was also appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Belgium)
The Ministry of Defence ( nl, Ministerie van Landsverdediging, french: Ministère de la Défense, german: Ministerium der Verteidigung), formerly called the Ministry of War and Ministry of National Defence, is the Belgian ministry responsible for national defence and the Belgian military. Belgium's ministry of defence is responsible to the Minister of Defence. As a result of the Verhofstadt I Government's plans to modernise the federal administration, all other ministries were transformed into Federal Public Services (FPS), but in August 2007 there still was no Royal Order creating the FPS Defence, although that name is already in use on official websites. The Ministry of Defence is responsible to the Minister of Defence. The Chief of Defence (CHOD) is the highest uniformed official in the Ministry of Defence. The CHOD is assisted in the exercise of his functions by a Vice-Chief of Defence (VCHOD) and a Secretary-General. The Ministry of Defence is organised into multiple staff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoboken, Antwerp
Hoboken () is a southern district of the arrondissement and city of Antwerp, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located at the Scheldt river. The name of the district has its origins in Middle Dutch. Name The name Hoboken is derived from Medieval Dutch ''Hooghe Buechen'' or ''Hoge Beuken'', meaning ''High'' or ''Tall Beeches''. To this day there is a hospital in Hoboken named "Hoge Beuken". A local children's story says that the name "Hoboken" is derived from a little boy who accidentally dropped his sandwich in the Schelde river, which flows near Hoboken. In the local dialect of Dutch, a "boke" is a sandwich and "ho" is a way of shouting "stop", so he must have shouted "Ho, boken!!!". History The first historical records of Hoboken date from the 1135 parish of ''capellam de hobuechen qua libam''. At that time Hoboken was part of Wilrijk, in the Duchy of Brabant. It has since then evolved from a small village to an industrialized district of Antwerp. From the 13th to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temse
Temse (; french: Tamise ) is a municipality in East Flanders, Belgium. The name Temse is derived from the Gallo-Roman/Gaul Tamisiacum or Tamasiacum. This is also reflected in the French name for the town, Tamise. The main sights include the Church of Our Lady, whose steeple was designed by the famous sculptor Adriaan Nijs, who died in Temse, and who also sculpted the wooden pulpit. Inside the church the relics of Amalberga of Temse are venerated. Close by stands the old "Gemeentehuis" (town hall), built in Flemish Eclectic style, housing a carillon in its main tower. The municipality, which lies on the left side of the River Scheldt, comprises the towns of , , Temse and . On 1 January 2018, Temse had a population of 29,528. The total area is 39.92 km² which gives a population density of 740 inhabitants per km². Toponym Temse is first mentioned under the name ''Temsica''Gysseling, M. (1960)Temse In ''Toponymisch Woordenboek van België, Nederland, Luxemburg, Noord-Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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