 The Netherlands and Belgium had a competition in 2018 to build a replacement class for their Tripartite/"Alkmaar"-class ships.A joint venture of the navies of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the Tripartite class of minehunters were a follow on design to the French s. All three nations would build their own hulls while each country was responsible for a different aspect of the vessels; France provided the minehunting and electronic systems, the Netherlands provided the main propulsion systems and Belgium supplied the minehunting propulsion system as well as the electrical generating systems.Each country intended to order 15 of the vessels, with Belgium's initial order being 10 with the option of 5 more.