| Career (Netherlands) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cornelis Drebbel |
| Namesake: | Cornelis Drebbel |
| Operator: |
 Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Builder: | Shipyard Voorwaarts, Hoogezand |
| Laid down: | 18 May 1970 |
| Launched: | 19 November 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 30 November 1971 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Accommodation ship |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 68.6 m (225 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 12.6 m (41 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 1.2 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[]
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[]
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[]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 van Amstel (1991), p. 147.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Botel voor marine" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 12 November 1969. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011197977:mpeg21:a0238.
- ↑ "Order van 3 miljoen: Voorwaarts in Hoogezand bouwt marine-botel'" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 11 November 1969. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011015128:mpeg21:a0262.
- ↑ "Marineorder van drie miljoen voor werf in Hoogezand" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. 11 November 1969. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010618294:mpeg21:a0267.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Botel voor marine in Delfzijl overgedragen" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 9 November 1971. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011016185:mpeg21:a0089.
- ↑ "Hoogezandse werf bouwt 'botel' voor de Marine" (in Dutch). Trouw. 12 November 1969. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010818944:mpeg21:a0145.
- ↑ "'Botel' vervangt logementsschip" (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 14 November 1969. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010957138:mpeg21:a0313.
References[]
- van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991) (in Dutch). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-997-6.
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