Belgian minehunter Lobelia
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Belgium |Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|Belgium|naval}} |Ship name= Lobelia |Ship namesake=Lobelia |Ship builder=Mercantile-Belyard Shipyard, Rupelmonde |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 3 February 1988 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened=25 February 1989 |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|205209000}}
|Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate= |Ship status={{Ship in active service}} |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship class={{sclass2|Tripartite|minehunter}} |Ship type= |Ship displacement=*{{Convert|536|t|LT|0|lk=out|abbr=on}} empty
|Ship length={{convert|51.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|8.96|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship height={{convert|18.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|3.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*1 × 1370 kW Werkspoor RUB 215 V12 diesel engine
|Ship speed={{convert|15|kn|km/h}} |Ship range={{convert|3000|nmi|km}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h}} |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats=*2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats
|Ship complement=4 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, 17 sailors |Ship sensors=*1 × Thales Underwater Systems TSM 2022 Mk III Hull Mounted Sonar
|Ship EW= |Ship armament=3 × 12.7 mm machine guns |Ship armour= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |
Lobelia (M921) is a {{sclass2|Tripartite|minehunter}} of the Belgian Naval Component, launched on 3 February 1988 at the Mercantile-Belyard shipyard in Rupelmonde and christened by Anne Van De Kerckhof, the wife of the then Mayor of Diest, on 25 February 1989. The patronage of Lobelia was accepted by the city of Diest. It was the seventh of the Belgian Tripartite-class minehunters. The Belgian Naval Component announced on its website on 5 November 2007 that Mrs. Van De Kerckhof, the godmother of Lobelia, had died on 27 October. A delegation of the crew of Lobelia attended her funeral.{{cite web
|url=http://www.mil.be/navycomp/news/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1227
|title=Meter M921 Lobelia overleden
|publisher=The Belgian Naval Component
|date=5 November 2007
|access-date=28 November 2007
|language=Dutch
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071118031647/http://www.mil.be/navycomp/news/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1227| archive-date= 18 November 2007 | url-status= live}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.mil.be/navycomp/news/index.asp?LAN=fr&ID=1227
|title=Décès de la marraine du M921 Lobelia
|publisher=The Belgian Naval Component
|date=5 November 2007
|access-date=28 November 2007
|language=French
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071215090320/http://www.mil.be/navycomp/news/index.asp?LAN=fr&ID=1227| archive-date= 15 December 2007 | url-status= live}}
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Category:Tripartite-class minehunters of the Belgian Navy
Category:Ships built in Belgium
Category:Ships built in France
Category:Ships built in the Netherlands
Category:Minehunters of Belgium
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