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HNLMS Cornelis Drebbel (A886)

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History
Netherlands
NameCornelis Drebbel
NamesakeCornelis Drebbel
Operator Royal Netherlands Navy
BuilderShipyard Voorwaarts, Hoogezand
Laid down18 May 1970
Launched19 November 1970
Commissioned30 November 1971
General characteristics [1]
TypeAccommodation ship
Displacement775 t (763 long tons)
Length68.6 m (225 ft 1 in)
Beam12.6 m (41 ft 4 in)
Draught1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)

HNLMS Cornelis Drebbel (A886) was a accommodation ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN).[1] The ship was built in the Netherlands and replaced the former Cornelis Drebbel, which was also a accommodation ship of the RNN.[2]

Design and construction

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Cornelis Drebbel was built at the shipyard Voorwaarts in Hoogezand.[3] The ship was laid down on 18 May 1970, launched on 19 November 1970 and commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) on 30 November 1971.[1] The construction of Cornelis Drebbel is estimated to have cost a total of around 3 million Dutch guilders.[4] The ship replaced the former Cornelis Drebbel, which was also a accommodation ship of the RNN.[2]

Cornelis Drebbel could accommodate 201 people and resembled a floating three story apartment building.[5]

Service history

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After being commissioned Cornelis Drebbel was towed to Rotterdam.[5] There the ship provided accommodation to Dutch navy personnel who served on navy ships that were being repaired at shipyards in Rotterdam.[6][7]

Notes

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c van Amstel (1991), p. 147.
  2. ^ a b "Botel voor marine". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 12 November 1969.
  3. ^ "Order van 3 miljoen: Voorwaarts in Hoogezand bouwt marine-botel'". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 11 November 1969.
  4. ^ "Marineorder van drie miljoen voor werf in Hoogezand". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 11 November 1969.
  5. ^ a b "Botel voor marine in Delfzijl overgedragen". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 9 November 1971.
  6. ^ "Hoogezandse werf bouwt 'botel' voor de Marine". Trouw (in Dutch). 12 November 1969.
  7. ^ "'Botel' vervangt logementsschip". Het Vrije Volk (in Dutch). 14 November 1969.

References

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  • van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945 (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-997-6.