Tour Scotland Video M863 Vlaardingen Entering Firth Of Tay On Her Way To Dundee

Tour Scotland video of M863 Royal Dutch Navy mine hunter ship Vlaardingen entering the Firth Of Tay on her way to visit Dundee, Scotland. 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.

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