Bulgarian frigate Gordi

	Westdiep in 1985
History
Belgium
Name	Westdiep
Builder	Cockerill Yards, Hoboken, Antwerp
Laid down	2 September 1974
Launched	8 December 1975
Christened	20 January 1978
Decommissioned	5 October 2007
Home port	Zeebrugge Naval Base
Motto	"Altum est Regnum Meum"
Fate	Sold to Bulgaria in February 2008
Bulgaria
Name	Gordi
Acquired	February 2009
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	Wielingen-class frigate
Displacement	2,200 tonnes
Length	106.38 m (349.0 ft)
Beam	12.30 m (40.4 ft)
Draught	5.60 m (18.4 ft)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas turbine; 2 × ABC type DZC diesel engines providing 4,200 hp (3,130 kW) each; 1 × Rolls-Royce Olympus T M - 3 B gasturbine providing 27.575 hp (21 kW); 2 inverted screws with variable pitch;
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h)
Range	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	14 officers, 84 NCOs and 59 sailors
Armament	1 100 mm Creusot-Loire automatic cannon; 1 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow launcher with 8 missiles; 1 MM-38 Exocet launcher with 4 missiles; 1 375mm Bofors depth charge launcher; 2 Ecan Type L5 torpedo tubes with 10 torpedoes;

Gordi (Bulgarian: Горди, lit. 'Proud') is a Wielingen-class frigate of the Bulgarian Navy with number 43. She was originally commissioned as Westdiep in the Belgian Navy.