HNLMS Dolfijn (S808)
_driecilinder_onderzeeboot_(2158_005740).jpg) Dolfijn
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| Name | Dolfijn |
| Namesake | Dolphin |
| Builder | Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam |
| Yard number | RDM-279[1] |
| Laid down | 30 December 1954 |
| Launched | 20 May 1959 |
| Commissioned | 16 December 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 29 April 1982[2] |
| Identification | S 808 |
| Motto | I will go first |
| Fate | Sold for scrap 1985[3] |
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| Class & type | Dolfijn-class submarine |
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| Length | 79.5 m (260 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
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| Complement | 67 |
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HNLMS Dolfijn (Dutch: Dolphin) was a Dolfijn-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Ship history
[edit]The submarine was laid down on 30 December 1954 at the Rotterdamse Droogdok Mij shipyard in Rotterdam and launched on 20 May 1959. 16 December 1960 she was commissioned in the Dutch navy.[5]
In March 1962 the boat and Zeeleeuw where send to the west coast of the US to show the flag. After this Dolfijn, Zeeleeuw and a number of destroyers were sent to Netherlands New Guinea because of rising tension between the Netherlands and Indonesia.[6] When the situation calmed down, she returned to the Netherlands.[5] In 1963 Toulouse was visited for testing of a new type of torpedo tube.[5] In May 1964 Dolfijn participated in an exercise called Long Look held between Canada and Greenland.[5] The next year, on 4 March 1965, Dolfijn was docked at the shipyard of RDM for modernization, which lasted till 15 February 1967.[7] In January 1968 Dolfijn and Potvis left the port of Den Helder for a war simulation in the northern Atlantic Ocean that would last 5 weeks.[5]
In May 1970 an international exercise called Rusty Nut is held where the boat participated in. Later that year in September she participated in the NATO exercise Northern Wedding.[5] In early 1971 she practiced with her sister Zeehond in the Bay of Biscay.[5] In September 1976 she participated in the NATO exercise Team Work. In July 1978 Dolfijn, Zeehond, Potvis and Zwaardvis practiced firing exercises.[5] The next year, between 29 March 1979 and 26 November 1979, Dolfijn was docked at the shipyard of RDM for maintenance.[8]
In July 1976 Dolfijn, together with the frigates Tromp, Van Nes, Van Galen, the destroyers Holland, Zeeland and the replenishment ship Poolster visited New York in commemoration of the city's 200 years anniversary.[9]
On 29 April 1982 the boat was decommissioned.[2] On 22 July 1985 the boat was sold to be scrapped at the yard of the Heuvelman in Puttershoek.[5]
References
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- ^ "Bouwnummer RDM-279, Hr. Ms. "Dolfijn", 1960, onderzeeboot". RDM-archief (in Dutch).
- ^ a b "Jaarverslag 1982 - De Onderzeedienst" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). No. 8. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. May 1984. p. 6.
- ^ "Afscheid van Hr.Ms. "Dolfijn"" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). No. 12. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. October 1985. p. 5.
- ^ "Dutch Submarines: The Dolfijn submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Dutch Submarines: The submarine Dolfijn". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ Jan Willem van Waning, J. (September 2006). "Rond de wereld in 10 maanden - Met Hr.Ms. "Dolfijn" naar Nieuw Guinea in 1962" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). Vol. 29, no. 97. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. pp. 4–8.
- ^ "Hr. Ms. "Dolfijn", onderzeeboot, 1966, modernisering". RDM-archief (in Dutch).
- ^ "Hr. Ms. "Dolfijn", onderzeeboot, 1979, 3e traps onderhoud". RDM-archief (in Dutch).
- ^ "Poolster bevoorradingsschip". www.marineschepen.nl. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945 (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-997-6.
- de Bles, Harry; Boven, Graddy; Homburg, Leon (2006). Onderzeeboten! (in Dutch). Zaltbommel: Aprilis. ISBN 978-90-5994-130-4.
- Karreman, Jaime (2017). Spionage-operaties van Nederlandse onderzeeboten van 1968 tot 1991 (in Dutch). Amsterdam: BWV Media. ISBN 978-90-826995-0-0.
- Jalhay, P.C. (1982). Nederlandse Onderzeedienst 75 jaar (in Dutch). Bussum: De Boer Maritiem. ISBN 90-228-1864-0.
- Nooteboom, S.G. (2001). Deugdelijke schepen: marinescheepsbouw 1945-1995 (in Dutch). Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek. ISBN 90-288-2637-8.
- Raven, G.J.A., ed. (1988). De kroon op het anker: 175 jaar Koninklijke Marine (in Dutch). Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw. ISBN 90-6707-200-1.