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{{Infobox ship
|Ship image=
|Ship caption=
|module={{Infobox ship career|embed=yes
|Ship country=Netherlands
|Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|Netherlands|naval}}
|Ship name= ''Harlingen ''
|Ship launched= 1984
|Ship fate=Sold to Latvia, 2005 
}}
|module2={{Infobox ship career|embed=yes
|Ship country=Latvia
|Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|Latvia|naval}}
|Ship name= ''Imanta''
|Ship acquired= 2005 
|Ship status={{Ship in active service | 2009}}
}}
|module3={{Infobox ship characteristics|embed=yes
|Header caption=(in Dutch service)
|Ship class={{Sclass2|Tripartite|minehunter}}
|Ship displacement={{Convert|536|t|LT|0|lk=off|abbr=on}} empty<br/>{{Convert|605|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} full load
 |Ship length={{convert|51.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|8.96|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship height={{convert|18.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|3.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=1 × 1370 kW Werkspoor RUB 215 V12 diesel engine<br/>2 × 180 kW ACEC active rudders<br/>1 × HOLEC bow propellor
|Ship speed={{convert|15|kn|km/h}}
|Ship range={{convert|3000|nmi|km}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h}}
|Ship boats=2 × [[rigid-hulled inflatable boat]]s<br/>1 × PAP 104 [[Remotely operated underwater vehicle|ROV]]
|Ship complement=4 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, 17 sailors
|Ship sensors=1 × DUBM 21B sonar 
|Ship armament=1 × [[20 mm modèle F2 gun]] 
}}
}}
'''''Imanta'' (M-04)''' is the [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass|Imanta|minehunter|4}} of [[minehunter]]s for the [[Latvian Naval Forces]]. The vessel was formerly '''HNLMS ''Harlingen'' (M854)''', an {{sclass|Alkmaar|minehunter|2}} of the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] built in 1984.<ref name=hazegray>{{cite web | last = Toppan | first = Andrew | title = Mine Countermeasures Vessels | url = http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/europe/nether.htm#4 | work = World Navies Today: Netherlands | publisher = Hazegray.org | year = 2003 | accessdate = 14 October 2009}}</ref> ''Alkmaar'' and ''Imanta'' are, respectively, the Dutch and Latvian navies' names of the {{sclass2|Tripartite|minehunter|0}} of minehunters, developed jointly by France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

''Harlingen'' was one of five minehunters sold to Latvia by the Netherlands in 2005 for approximately €11.4 million each. An investigation into possible corruption related to the vessels' acquisition was revealed in August 2009, when it was announced that the vessels were purchased without any instruction manuals or technical documents. It took Latvian officials over a year to acquire the necessary technical materials from France, at the cost of an additional €580,000.<ref name=earthtimes>{{cite news | title = Latvian navy buys Dutch ships 'without instruction manuals' | url = http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/280976,latvian-navy-buys-dutch-ships-without-instruction-manuals.html | agency = [[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]] | work = Earth Times | date = 11 August 2009 | accessdate = 14 October 2009}}</ref>

{{As of|2014|August|url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/280976,latvian-navy-buys-dutch-ships-without-instruction-manuals.html}}, ''Imanta'' was in active service with the Latvian Naval Forces and available for [[NATO]] operations.<ref name=earthtimes />

==References==
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{{Tripartite class minehunter|others}}

{{Wikipedia|Latvian minehunter Imanta (M-04)}}

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[[Category:Alkmaar-class minehunters]]
[[Category:Ships built in Belgium]]
[[Category:Ships built in France]]
[[Category:Ships built in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:1984 ships]]
[[Category:Imanta-class minehunters]]
[[Category:Active minehunters of Latvia]]