Zeeland Patrol Ship Christened In Vlissingen

November 23 2010

Netherlands

The Royal Netherlands Navy has just christened the third of four Holland-class patrol vessels, reports defense-aerospace.com.

The Zeeland was christened Saturday by Karla Peijs, the commissioner of the Dutch province of the same name during a ceremony at the Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding shipyard in Vlissingen.

The ship is being prepared for initial sea trials, which are scheduled to begin in mid-2011.

Holland and Friesland were officially named last year; Groningen's...

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