History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Cornelis Drebbel |
Namesake | Cornelis Drebbel |
Operator | Royal Netherlands Navy |
Builder | Shipyard Voorwaarts, Hoogezand |
Laid down | 18 May 1970 |
Launched | 19 November 1970 |
Commissioned | 30 November 1971 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Accommodation ship |
Displacement | 775 t (763 long tons) |
Length | 68.6 m (225 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 12.6 m (41 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
HNLMS Cornelis Drebbel (A886) was a accommodation ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). [1] The ship was built in the Netherlands and replaced the former Cornelis Drebbel, which was also a accommodation ship of the RNN. [2]
Cornelis Drebbel was built at the shipyard Voorwaarts in Hoogezand. [3] The ship was laid down on 18 May 1970, launched on 19 November 1970 and commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) on 30 November 1971. [1] The construction of Cornelis Drebbel is estimated to have cost a total of around 3 million Dutch guilders. [4] The ship replaced the former Cornelis Drebbel, which was also a accommodation ship of the RNN. [2]
Cornelis Drebbel could accommodate 201 people and resembled a floating three story apartment building. [5]
After being commissioned Cornelis Drebbel was towed to Rotterdam. [5] There the ship provided accommodation to Dutch navy personnel who served on navy ships that were being repaired at shipyards in Rotterdam. [6] [7]