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Guided-missile frigate
Wielingen-class frigate is a guided-missile frigate. It was built by Boelwerf Shipyard Cockerill Shipyard. Reported operators include Belgian Navy Bulgarian Navy.
Wielingen class
Boelwerf Shipyard Cockerill Shipyard
Belgian Navy Bulgarian Navy
Algerine class
Karel Doorman class
1974–1978
1976–present
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3
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Guided-missile frigate
2,283 t (2,247 long tons) at full load
106.4 m (349 ft 1 in) oa
12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
CODOG 2 Cockerill CO 240 V12 diesel engines , 4,500 kW (6,000 bhp ) 1 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbine , 21,000 kW (28,000 shp )
28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
160
1 Hollandse Signaal Apparaten DA-05 surveillance radar 1 Hollandse Signaal Apparaten WM-25 targeting radar 2 EOMS IR/Video optical targeting cameras 1 AN/SQS-510 sonar
1 100 mm Creusot-Loire automatic cannon 1 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow launcher with 8 missiles 1 MM38 Exocet launcher with 4 missiles 1 375 mm Creusot-Loire depth charge launcher 2 ECAN Type L5 torpedo tubes with 10 torpedoes
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Wielingen-class frigate equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BulgariaReported count for Wielingen. Service scope: Bulgarian Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 3. Origin: Belgium. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for Wielingen. Service scope: Bulgarian Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 3. Origin: Belgium. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.