One of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 ships currently visiting the Clyde is the Belgian minesweeper BNS PRIMULA. A large class of vessels, serving with the Belgian, French and Dutch navies, with one or two other countries also having examples, PRIMULA is 51.5 metres in length, and has a displacement of 595 tonnes. Armed with a single 20mm gun forward, and 2 12.7mm MG cannon, PRIMULA and her sisters are single screw ships. She was commissioned in 1991.Thursday, 31 January 2008
BNS PRIMULA - M924
One of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 ships currently visiting the Clyde is the Belgian minesweeper BNS PRIMULA. A large class of vessels, serving with the Belgian, French and Dutch navies, with one or two other countries also having examples, PRIMULA is 51.5 metres in length, and has a displacement of 595 tonnes. Armed with a single 20mm gun forward, and 2 12.7mm MG cannon, PRIMULA and her sisters are single screw ships. She was commissioned in 1991.
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