City-class mine countermeasures vessel

	Artist impression of the MCM
Class overview
Name	City class
Builders	Piriou, Concarneau, France; Kership, Lorient, France;
Operators	Belgian Navy; Royal Netherlands Navy;
Preceded by	Tripartite class; Alkmaar class;
Subclasses	City class; Vlissingen class;
Built	2021-present
In commission	From 2025 onwards
Planned	12
Building	4
Completed	0
Active	0
General characteristics
Type	Mine countermeasures vessel
Displacement	2,800 t (2,800 long tons) full load
Length	82.30 m (270 ft 0 in)
Beam	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.80 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed	15.3 knots (28.3 km/h; 17.6 mph)
Complement	33–63
Sensors and ; processing systems	Naval Surveillance Radar Scanter-6000; 2 towed sonars (T-18 equipped with Exail UMISAS 240 sonar); 2 Mine Identification & Disposal Systems (MIDS); 1 Exail influence mine sweeping system integrating 5 CTM magnetic modules; 1 PATRIA acoustic module;
Armament	Bofors 40 Mk4; 2 × 12.7 mm FN Herstal Sea deFNder; 7.62 mm MAG; Water cannon; LRAD;
Aircraft carried	1 unmanned aerial vessel (UMS Skeldar’s V200)
Notes	2 unmanned surface vehicles (Exail Inspector 125), 3 autonomous underwater vehicles (A-18 equipped with Exail UMISAS 120 sonar)

The Netherlands and Belgium are doing a joint procurement for the replacements of the Tripartite-class/Alkmaar-class minehunters. Each of the two countries is procuring six new mine countermeasure (MCM) vessels, which makes for a total of 12 MCM ships. The new MCM ships, developed by Naval Group, will include a range of unmanned systems including unmanned surface, aerial and underwater vehicles alongside towed sonars and mine identification and neutralization ROVs.^[1]

^ "Belgium OKs acquisition of six new mine countermeasure vessels". navaltoday.com. 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

[1] "Belgium OKs acquisition of six new mine countermeasure vessels". navaltoday.com. 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

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