MULTRATUG 19 & MULTRATUG 28 (Multraship) zaterdag met de ex-A615 LOIRE op de Westerschelde bij Vlissingen op weg naar de sluizen in Terneuzen. De MULTRATUG 19 heeft de ex-A615 LOIRE opgehaald in Frankrijk, ze is bestemd voor de sloop in Gent. Het was een zgn. “mine warfare support vessel”.
A615 LOIRE
Type: mine warfare support vessel
Laid Down: 9 July 1965
Launched: 1 October 1966
In Service: 10 October 1967
Decommissioned: 24 October 2009
Displacement: 2,050 tons (2,445 fl)
Speed: 16.5 knots
Endurance: 13.000 nautical miles at 13 knots with 13 nodes
Dim: 101.05 (92.05 pp) × 13.10 × 4.25
Armament: 3 single 40-mm 60-cal. AA: 3 single 12.7-mm mg
Electronics: Radar: 1 (A 615: 3) DRBN-32 nav.
M: A 615: 2 SEMT-Pielstick 12 PA4 V185 diesels; 1 prop; 3,600 bhp
Electric: 920 kw tot. Range: 13,000/13
Remarks: Specifically equipped to support mine countermeasures ships.
Hull systems: Has a divers decompression chamber. A helicopter platform and hangar (for one Alouette-III).
There is about 700 m2 of workshop space and 1,700 m3 of storeroom space.
One 5-ton (at 12-m) crane .