Belgian frigate Louise-Marie
{{Short description|Belgian Navy frigate, purchased in 2005}}
{{other ships|HNLMS Willem van der Zaan}}
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Louise-Marie (F931) is a {{sclass|Karel Doorman|frigate}} of the Marine Component of the Belgian Armed Forces that was commissioned in 2008. It is the second of the two frigates of this class that were purchased from the Royal Netherlands Navy on 22 December 2005. It was originally commissioned in 1991 in the Netherlands, where it served as HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (F829).
Service
File:F931 Louise-Marie in Dublin 2018.jpg
HNLMS Willem van der Zaan was rechristened Louise-Marie (F931) on 8 April 2008 in Antwerp by Queen Paola of Belgium.{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/3696003/_Nederlands_fregat_onder_Belgische_vlag__.html|title=Nederlands fregat voortaan onder Belgische vlag|publisher=De Telegraaf|date=2 April 2008 |accessdate=6 August 2015 |language=Dutch| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080405231821/http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/3696003/_Nederlands_fregat_onder_Belgische_vlag__.html| archivedate= 5 April 2008 | url-status= live}} It was named after Louise-Marie, a naval vessel purchased by the Belgian navy in 1840, which in turn was named after Queen Louise-Marie of Belgium, the wife of Leopold I.
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In September 2010, Louise-Marie was reported to be preparing for a second deployment to the Horn of Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.defpro.com/news/details/18284/ |accessdate=2010-09-29 |title=defence.professionals |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317030918/http://www.defpro.com/news/details/18284/ |archivedate=March 17, 2012 }}
On 29 November 2013, the ship arrived in London, UK as part of the preparations for the centenary of the start of World War I delivering soil from 70 World War I battlefields collected by British and Belgian schoolchildren for the Flanders Fields Memorial Garden in London's Wellington Barracks.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25158245 |title=WW1 'sacred soil' ceremony takes place in London |work=BBC News |date=30 November 2013 |accessdate=6 August 2015}}
On January 19, 2024, it was announced the Louise-Marie was being sent to the Red Sea to aid in the EU-led Operation Aspides to protect naval shipping in response to a rise in Houthi attacks on commercial vessels near the coast of Yemen. {{cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-sends-warship-to-red-sea/ |title=Belgium sends warship to Red Sea |work=Politico |date=19 January 2024 |accessdate=20 January 2024}} Scheduled to transit the Suez Canal on April 12, deployment indefinitely postponed due to failed operational and technical tests while transiting the Mediterranean Sea, including an incident where a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile was reportedly "stuck" in its launch tube.{{cite web |last1=Ruitenberg |first1=Rudy |title=Belgium postpones Red Sea deployment after frigate mishaps |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/04/15/belgium-postpones-red-sea-deployment-after-frigate-mishaps/ |website=DefenseNews |access-date=26 April 2024 |location=Paris }}{{cite web |last1=Goossens |first1=Kasper |title=Raket blijft steken; inzet Belgisch fregat Rode Zee uitgesteld |url=https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Raket-problemen-Belgisch-fregat-Louise-Marie-inzet-Rode-Zee-uitgesteld-130424.html |website=Marineschepen.nl |access-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426130249/https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Raket-problemen-Belgisch-fregat-Louise-Marie-inzet-Rode-Zee-uitgesteld-130424.html |archive-date=26 April 2024 |date=13 April 2024 |url-status=live |language=nl}} On 27 April, the issues were resolved and Louise-Marie set course for the area of operations.{{cite web |last1=Karreman |first1=Jaime |title=Na lanceerproblemen is Belgisch fregat nu klaar voor Rode Zee |url=https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Belgisch-fregat-Louise-Marie-klaar-voor-Rode-Zee-290424.html |website=Marineschepen.nl |access-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429210707/https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Belgisch-fregat-Louise-Marie-klaar-voor-Rode-Zee-290424.html |archive-date=29 April 2024 |date=29 April 2024 |url-status=live |language=Dutch}}
See also
- {{ship|Belgian frigate|Leopold I|F930}}, for the other ship of this class that was sold to Belgium.
References
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External links
- [http://www.marine.nl/nlmarfor/schepen/eskader/fregatten/m-fregat/zaan/ Homepage of HNLMS Willem van der Zaan on the website of the Royal Netherlands Navy] - Only available in Dutch.
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Category:Ships built in Vlissingen
Category:Karel Doorman-class frigates of the Belgian Navy
Category:Karel Doorman-class frigates