Latvian minehunter Viesturs

Viesturs (M-05) (ex-HNLMS Scheveningen (A855)) is a former minehunter of the Royal Netherlands Navy that is now in service with the Latvian Navy.^[2][3]

History
Netherlands
Name	Scheveningen
Namesake	The city of Scheveningen
Builder	Van der Giessen de Noord, Alblasserdam
Laid down	24 May 1982
Launched	2 December 1983
Commissioned	18 July 1984
Decommissioned	1 January 2003
Identification	Hull number: M855
Fate	Sold to the Latvian Navy
Latvia
Name	Viesturs
Cost	€11.4 million (2007) (equivalent to €14.08 million in 2022)[1]
Acquired	2007
Commissioned	2007
Identification	Hull number: M-05
Status	In active service
General characteristics [2][3]
Type	Alkmaar-class minehunter
Displacement	588 t (579 long tons) full load
Length	51.50 m (169 ft 0 in)
Beam	8.90 m (29 ft 2 in)
Height	18.5 m (60 ft 8 in)
Draft	2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	1 × 1,860 hp (1,390 kW) Werkspoor RUB 215 V12 diesel engine
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats 1 × PAP 104 ROV
Crew	44
Sensors & processing systems	1 × DUBM 21B sonar
Armament	1 × 20 mm (0.79 in) machine gun

History

Scheveningen is the result of a cooperation between France, Belgium and The Netherlands. It is the sixth ship in the Alkmaar-class minehunters. The commissioning ceremony took place in Alblasserdam on 18 July 1984.^[3]

Scheveningen was sold to the Latvian Navy in 2007 together with Alkmaar, Delfzijl, Dordrecht and Harlingen. It was transferred in 2008 and renamed Viesturs.^[2][3][4]