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, Vlissingen
Laid down1984
Commissioned14 March 1985 [1]
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. [2]

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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]

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Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 van Amstel (1991), p. 147.
  2. 1 2 Marcel van Lieshout (7 August 1990). "De dokter dobbert en duikt onder". De Volkskrant (in Dutch).
  3. ↑ Schoonoord (2012), pp. 268-269.
  4. 1 2 Gerard Bergers (10 August 1990). "Marine wil voor brandweer duikers opleiden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch).

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