Belgian frigate Westhinder

History
Belgium
Name	Westhinder
Builder	Cockerill Yards, Hoboken, Antwerp
Laid down	5 March 1974
Launched	30 March 1976
Christened	20 January 1978
Decommissioned	1993
Homeport	Zeebrugge Naval Base
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Wielingen-class frigate
Displacement	2,390 t (2,350 long tons) full load
Length	106.38 m (349.0 ft)
Beam	12.30 m (40.4 ft)
Draught	5.30 m (17.4 ft)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas turbine; 2 × ABC type DZC diesel engines providing 4,200 hp (3,100 kW) each; 1 × Rolls-Royce Olympus T M - 3 B gasturbine providing 27.575 hp; 2 Inverted screws with variable pitch;
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h)
Range	6,000 mi (9,700 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	14 officers, 71 NCOs and 74 sailors
Sensors &; processing systems	Holland Signaal DA 05
Armament	1 100 mm Creusot-Loire automatic cannon; 1 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow launcher with 8 missiles; 1 MM-38 Exocet launcher with 4 missiles; 1 375mm Bofors depth charge launcher; 2 Ecan Type L5 torpedo tubes with 10 torpedoes;

Westhinder was a Wielingen-class frigate of the Belgian Navy.

History

Belgium
Name	Westhinder
Builder	Cockerill Yards, Hoboken, Antwerp
Laid down	5 March 1974
Launched	30 March 1976
Christened	20 January 1978
Decommissioned	1993
Homeport	Zeebrugge Naval Base
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Wielingen-class frigate
Displacement	2,390 t (2,350 long tons) full load
Length	106.38 m (349.0 ft)
Beam	12.30 m (40.4 ft)
Draught	5.30 m (17.4 ft)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas turbine 2 × ABC type DZC diesel engines providing 4,200 hp (3,100 kW) each 1 × Rolls-Royce Olympus T M - 3 B gasturbine providing 27.575 hp 2 Inverted screws with variable pitch
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h)
Range	6,000 mi (9,700 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	14 officers, 71 NCOs and 74 sailors
Sensors & processing systems	Holland Signaal DA 05
Armament	1 100 mm Creusot-Loire automatic cannon 1 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow launcher with 8 missiles 1 MM-38 Exocet launcher with 4 missiles 1 375mm Bofors depth charge launcher 2 Ecan Type L5 torpedo tubes with 10 torpedoes