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Naval shipbuilding
Damen ASW frigates (NL/BE)
Every fact below is as reported by the linked source, read on 19 Sep 2026. A field the source does not give says “not published”.
- Kind
- Naval shipbuilding
- Capacity
- not published
- Phase / status
- Planned
- Developer / operator
- Netherlands Ministry of Defence / Belgian Ministry of Defence
- Contractors
- Damen Naval (hulls to be fabricated at Damen Galati, Romania; outfitting and weapon-system integration planned for Vlissingen) - no steel-cutting confirmed as of this dataset's retrieval date
What’s next as of 19 Sep 2026
Severely delayed: design phase still running, first steel not yet cut; Naval News (Jul 2026) reports first (Dutch) delivery has slipped from 2028 to about 2033, Belgian vessel to about 2034, with programme cost more than doubled. Belgium is reviewing alternative builders (RFI to France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkiye) after Germany cancelled its own Damen-led F126 frigate order in June 2026; Belgian minister Francken says a decision on staying in the joint programme is due October 2026.
Source retrieved 19 Sep 2026
Naval News (Jul 2026); NL Times (Aug 2025) · retrieved 19 Sep 2026 · Public information, fact reported with source