The Tripartite class minehunter is a type of minesweeper used by the navies of Belgium, France and the Netherlands, as well as Pakistan, Indonesia, Latvia, and Bulgaria.

Description

A joint venture of the Navies of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the Tripartite class of minehunters were conceived in the 1970s and built in the 1980s. France built the mine-hunting equipment, Belgium provided the electronics, and the Netherlands constructed the propulsion train. France and the Netherlands originally bought 15, with Belgium buying 10.
All three countries' Tripartite ships contribute at times to NATO's Standing Maritime MCM capability groups (SNMCMG1 or SNMCMG2).

Ships of the class

France

("Éridan" class, Thales Group is currently upgrading France's tripartite minehunters)

• M641 Éridan

• M642 Cassiopée

• M643 Andromède

• M644 Pégase

• M645 Orion

• M646 Croix du sud

• M647 Aigle

• M648 Lyre

• M649 Persée

• M651 Verseau (former Belgian M920 Iris)

• M652 Céphée (former Belgian M919 Fuchsia)

• M653 Capricorne (former Belgian M918 Dianthus)

Belgium

All Belgian vessels have undergone an extensive upgrade during 2004-2008 involving replacement of the anti-mine warfare equipment. Also called "CMT" for Chasseur de Mines Tripartite, all are named after flowers and are thus sometimes called the "Flower" class in international literature.

• M915 Aster

• M916 Bellis

• M917 Crocus

• M921 Lobelia

• M923 Narcis

• M924 Primula

Bulgaria

• Tsibar (former Belgian Navy M922 Myosotis)

Indonesia

("Pulau Rengat" class)

• 711 Pulau Rengat [first intended to be Dutch M864 Willemstad]

• 712 Pulau Rupat [first intended to be Dutch M863 Vlaardingen]

Latvia

• M-04 Imanta (former Dutch M854 Harlingen)

• M-05 Viesturs (former Dutch M855 Scheveningen)

• M-06 Talivaldis (former Dutch M852 Dordrecht)

• M-07 Visvaldis(former Dutch M851 Delfzijl)

• ... (former Dutch M850 Alkmaar)

Netherlands

("Alkmaar" class)

• M850 Alkmaar [no longer in service, sold to Latvia]

• M851 Delfzijl [no longer in service, sold to Latvia]

• M852 Dordrecht [no longer in service, sold to Latvia]

• M853 Haarlem

• M854 Harlingen [no longer in service, sold to Latvia]

• M855 Scheveningen [no longer in service, sold to Latvia]

• M856 Maasluis

• M857 Makkum

• M858 Middelburg

• M859 Hellevoetsluis

• M860 Schiedam

• M861 Urk

• M862 Zierikzee

• M863 Vlaardingen

• M864 Willemstad

Pakistan

("Munsif" class)

• M166 Munsif (former French M650 Sagittaire)

• M167 Muhafiz (built in France, completed in Pakistan)

• M168 Mujahid (built in Pakistan in 1998)

See also

• Minehunter classes in service