HNLMS Thetis (A887)

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Flag of the Netherlands.svgNetherlands
NameThetis
Namesake Thetis
OperatorNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Builder Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, [1] Vlissingen
Laid down12 October 1982 [2]
Launched27 January 1983 [2]
Commissioned14 March 1985 [1]
Out of service2017
FateScrapped in 2022 [3]
General characteristics [1]
Type Accommodation ship
Displacement800 t (790 long tons)
Length68 m (223 ft 1 in)
Beam12 m (39 ft 4 in)
NotesThere 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. [4]

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Construction

Thetis was built at the Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde (KMS) between 1982 and 1985. [2] 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. [5]

Service history

In 1990 Thetis was used to provide further training to 25 doctors from 13 different countries. [6] These doctors learned during the course how to provide help underwater. [4] At the same time the Royal Netherlands Navy also offered to train divers of the Dutch fire departments how to handle during underwater accidents. [6]

In December 2021 Thesis was removed from Nieuwe Haven Naval Base, after being rejected in 2017. [2] The following year it was decided that the ship would be scrapped. [3] Thetis will be replaced by a floating platform consisting of two pontoons, which will be named Thesis II. [7] However, before the floating platform can moor at the intended place in the Nieuwe Haven Naval Base it will first be brought to the right depth. [8] In December 2025 it was reported that two floating platforms will be built instead, with one platform being named Uhlenbeck and the other Thetis. [9]

Notes

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 van Amstel (1991), p. 147.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Duikbotel Thetis afgezwaaid". Maritiem Den Helder (in Dutch). 16 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 Stijn Vos (1 February 2022). "Hergebruik niet mogelijk: Laatste logementschip 'Thetis' wordt gesloopt". Noordkop 247 (in Dutch).
  4. 1 2 Marcel van Lieshout (7 August 1990). "De dokter dobbert en duikt onder". De Volkskrant (in Dutch).
  5. ↑ Schoonoord (2012), pp. 268-269.
  6. 1 2 Gerard Bergers (10 August 1990). "Marine wil voor brandweer duikers opleiden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch).
  7. ↑ "Thetis II krijgt futuristisch uiterlijk". Maritiem Den Helder (in Dutch). 29 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Thetis haven wordt op diepte gebracht". Maritiem Den Helder (in Dutch). 17 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Platformen duikschool in aantocht". Maritiem Den Helder (in Dutch). 3 December 2025.

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