HNLMS Potvis (S804) | |
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Career | |
Name: | Potvis |
Builder: | Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam |
Laid down: | 17 September 1962 |
Launched: | 12 January 1965 |
Commissioned: | 2 November 1965 |
Decommissioned: | 18 June 1992 |
Fate: | Broken up 1994 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class & type: | Dolfijn-class submarine |
Displacement: |
1140 tons standard 1509 tons surfaced 1831 tons submerged |
Length: | 78.3 m (256 ft 11 in) |
Beam: | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
Draught: | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion: |
2 × 1,250 bhp (932 kW) diesel engines 2 × 2,200 bhp (1,641 kW) electric motors |
Speed: |
14.5 kn (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) surfaced 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) submerged |
Complement: | 67 |
Armament: |
4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes 4 × 21 in stern torpedo tubes |
Potvis (Dutch: Sperm whale) was a Potvis class (modified Dolfijn-class submarine) of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Ship history[]
The submarine was laid down on 17 September 1962 at the Wilton-Fijenoord shipyard in Schiedam and launched on 12 January 1965. 2 November 1965 she was commissioned in the Dutch navy.[2]
In January 1968 Potvis and Dolfijn left the port of Den Helder for a war simulation in the northern Atlantic Ocean that would last 5 weeks.[2] The boat was overhauled in 1970 at the Wilton-Fijenoord shipyard.[2] From October until November 1976 Potvis and the tender Mercuur perform torpedo system trials at Andros, Bahamas.[2] From 2 to 21 July 1978 Potvis, Dolfijn, Zeehond and Zwaardvis practiced firing exercises.[2]
On 19 November 1982 a refit of the boat started at the Naval Yard in Den Helder. This lasts until 8 August 1983.[2] In 1984 she made a visit to Willemstad Curaçao. The following years she made several visits to Norway and Scotland.[2]
In 18 June 1992 she was finally decommissioned and broken up 1994.[2]
References[]
- ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The Dolfijn submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/classes/class_dolfijn_potvis.htm. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine Potvis". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_potvis.htm. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
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