Wielingen-class frigate

Verni, the former Wielingen, in 2015
Class overview
Name	Wielingen class
Builders	Boelwerf Shipyard Cockerill Shipyard
Operators	Belgian Navy  Bulgarian Navy
Preceded by	Algerine class
Succeeded by	Karel Doorman class
Built	1974–1978
In commission	1976–present
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	3
Scrapped	1
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile frigate
Displacement	2,283 t (2,247 long tons) at full load
Length	106.4 m (349 ft 1 in) oa
Beam	12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
Draught	5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	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)
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	160
Sensors and processing systems	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
Armament	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

The Wielingen class is a class of four multi-functional frigates constructed for and operated by the Belgian Naval Component. In service from 1976 to 2008 with the Belgians, three of the class were sold to Bulgaria for service with the Bulgarian Navy beginning in 2004. The fourth, Westhinder, ran aground in 1988, was decommissioned in 1993 and was scrapped.