| Belgian minehunter Bellis | |
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| Name: | Bellis |
| Builder: | Mercantile-Belyard, Rupelmonde |
| Laid down: | 9 February 1984 |
| Launched: | 14 February 1986 |
| Christened: | 18 September 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 13 August 1986 |
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| Status: | in active service, as of 2025[update] |
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| Class & type: | Tripartite-class minehunter |
| Displacement: | 560 t (551 long tons) |
| Length: | 51.5 m (169 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 8.96 m (29 ft 5 in) |
| Height: | 18.5 m (60 ft 8 in) above waterline |
| Draught: | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
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| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range: | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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| Complement: | 4 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, 17 sailors |
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| Armament: | 3 Ć FN .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns |
Bellis (M916) is a Tripartite-class minehunter of the Belgian Naval Component, launched on 14 February 1986 at the Mercantile-Belyard shipyard in Rupelmonde and christened by Ellen Goffinet-Rosman, the wife of the then Mayor of Arlon, on 18 September 1986. The patronage of Bellis was accepted by the city of Arlon. It was the second of the Belgian Tripartite-class minehunters.[2]
Commissioned on 13 August 1986, the ship participated the rescue of the survivors of ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise in March 1987 which had capsized outside the port of Zeebrugge.[2]
Bellis was attached to NATO's Mine Countermeasure Force (North) (MCMFORNORTH) in 1987, 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2004, and to Mine Countermeasures Force (South) (MCMFORSOUTH) in 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2003.[2]
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- ā "Composante Marine Sujet CaractĆ©ristiques du Chasseur de Mines Tripartite (CMT) aprĆØs modification CUP" (in fr). www.mil.be. http://www.mil.be/navycomp/subject/index.asp?LAN=fr&ID=780&FILE=subjecttext&MENU=0&PAGE=1. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ā 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Composante Marine UnitĆ©s M916 Bellis - Mijnenjager (Tripartite) GĆ©nĆ©ralitĆ©s" (in fr). www.mil.be. http://www.mil.be/navycomp/units/index.asp?LAN=fr&FILE=unittext&ID=661&MENU=196&PAGE=1. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
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