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=== Conversion to minehunter ===

To keep in line with NATO requirements it was decided in 1962 to rebuild four ''Dokkum''-class minesweepers (''Dokkum'', ''Drunen'', ''Staphorst'' and ''Veere'') into [[minehunter]]s.<ref name="Woudstra154">Woudstra (1982), p. 154.</ref><ref>Schoonoord (2012), pp. 127-128.</ref> During the rebuilding the ships were equipped with a ''Plessey 193'' minehunting system, the bridge was modified to better suit mine hunting operations, aan automatic track and trace system and autopilot were installed and several other modifications were implemented.<ref>Roetering (1997), p. 109.</ref> The four minehunters of the ''Dokkum''-class entered service of the Royal Netherlands Navy between 1968 and 1969.<ref name="Woudstra154" />

== Ships in class ==