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VLAARDINGEN
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The Zr.Ms. 'Vlaardingen' will be officially decommissionedon March 27, 2024, after 35 years of service with the Dutch Navy. The ship will be donated to Ukraine. The 'Vlaardingen' has been sailing longer than its planned lifespan. Last week, the ship cleared three more aircraft bombs from the bottom of the North Sea. From the summer until the end of 2023, the ship was also part of the permanent flotilla of mine countermeasures vessels SNMCMG1. The mine hunter was active in clearing mines, practicing mine countermeasures in a war situation and conducting patrols to protect the submarine infrastructure. Of the original fifteen mine hunters of the Alkmaar class, which were built in Alblasserdam, four are now still in Dutch service, the Zr.Ms. 'Makkum', 'Schiedam', 'Zierikzee' and 'Willemstad'. The navy will temporarily become a bit smaller, but in France, the Naval Group is building the new Dutch and Belgian mine countermeasures vessels. The 'Vlissingen', the first of the Dutch ships, was launched in 2023 and should enter Dutch service in 2025. In anticipation of this, the 'Vlaardingen' is being taken out of service, because personnel must be available for the new ships.
BIDEFORD DOLPHIN
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