Tripartite-class minehunter

French Tripartite minehunter Céphée
Class overview
Name:	Tripartite class
Operators:	French Navy  Belgian Marine Component  Royal Netherlands Navy  Pakistan Navy  Indonesian Navy  Latvian Naval Forces  Bulgarian Navy
Built:	1981-1989
In service:	1981-
In commission:	1981
Completed:	45
Retired:	0
General characteristics
Type:	Minehunter
Displacement:	536 t (528 long tons) empty 605 t (595 long tons) full load
Length:	51.5 m (169 ft)
Beam:	8.96 m (29.4 ft)
Height:	18.5 m (61 ft)
Draught:	3.6 m (12 ft)
Propulsion:	1 × 1370 kW "Werkspoor RUB 215" V12 diesel 2 × 180 kW ACEC active rudders 1 × HOLEC bow propellor
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h)
Range:	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried:	2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats 1 × remote controlled submersible for mine identification and disposal:  French Navy: PAP 104  Belgian Marine Component: Atlas Elektronik Seafox
Complement:	4 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, 17 sailors
Sensors and processing systems:	French Navy: 1 × DUBM 21B sonar 1 × Decca 1229 navigation radar  Belgian Marine Component: 1 × Thales Underwater Systems TSM 2022 Mk III Hull Mounted Sonar 1 × SAAB Bofors Double Eagle Mk III Self Propelled Variable Depth Sonar 1 × Consilium Selesmar Type T-250/10CM003 Radar
Armament:	French Navy: 1 × 20 mm modèle F2 gun 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 × 7.62 mm machine guns  Belgian Marine Component: 3 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Armour:	none
Aviation facilities:	none

The Tripartite class is a class of mine warfare vessel used by the navies of Belgium, France and the Netherlands, as well as Pakistan, Indonesia, Latvia, and Bulgaria.

A joint venture of the navies of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the Tripartite class of minehunters were conceived in the 1970s and built in the 1980s. France built the mine-hunting equipment, Belgium provided the electronics, and the Netherlands constructed the propulsion train. France and the Netherlands originally bought 15, with Belgium buying 10.

All three countries' Tripartite ships contribute at times to NATO's Standing Maritime MCM capability groups (SNMCMG1 or SNMCMG2).

(Éridan class, Thales Group is currently upgrading France's Tripartite minehunters)

Originally 10 ships were built for the Belgian navy. All remaining Belgian vessels have undergone an extensive upgrade during 2004-2008 involving replacement of the anti-mine warfare equipment. Also called "CMT" for Chasseur de Mines Tripartite, all are named after flowers and are thus sometimes called the "Flower" class in international literature.

Currently in service:

Formerly: M920 Iris, M919 Fuchsia and M918 Dianthus were sold to France and M922 Myosotis was sold to Bulgaria

BNS Primula

BNS Bellis

M648 Lyre

("Pulau Rengat" class)

("Alkmaar" class)

("Munsif" class)