| Career (Netherlands) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Thetis |
| Namesake: | Thetis |
| Operator: |
 Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Builder: | Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen |
| Laid down: | 1984 |
| Commissioned: | 14 March 1985[1] |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Accommodation ship |
| Displacement: | 800 t (790 long tons) |
| Length: | 68 m (223 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Notes: | There was room aboard to accommodate 126 persons |
HNLMS Thetis (A887) was a accommodation ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy.[1] It was used as a diving and disassembly school.[2]
Construction[]
Thetis was built at the Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde (KMS) between 1984 and 1985.[1] The Dutch government awarded KMS the order to build the ship because the company had at the time overcapacity and therefore needed orders to prevent layoffs.[3]
Service history[]
In 1990 Thetis was used to provide further training to 25 doctors from 13 different countries.[4] These doctors learned during the course how to provide help underwater.[2] At the same time the Royal Netherlands Navy also offered to train divers of the Dutch fire departments how to handle during underwater accidents.[4]
Notes[]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 van Amstel (1991), p. 147.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marcel van Lieshout (7 August 1990). "De dokter dobbert en duikt onder" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010867346:mpeg21:p009.
- ↑ Schoonoord (2012), pp. 268-269.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gerard Bergers (10 August 1990). "Marine wil voor brandweer duikers opleiden" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:003087009:mpeg21:p00006.
References[]
- Schoonoord, D.C.L. (2012) (in Dutch). Pugno pro patria: de Koninklijke Marine tijdens de Koude Oorlog. Franeker: Van Wijnen. ISBN 978-90-5194-455-6.
- 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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