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HNLMS Mercuur
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HNLMS Mercuur (A900) is a submarine support ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built and designed specially to support the Dutch submarines. She entered service on 21 August 1987, and is the only surface vessel attached to the Dutch submarine service.[1]
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Name | Mercuur |
Ordered | June 1984 |
Builder | Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde |
Laid down | 16 November 1985 |
Launched | 16 October 1987 |
Commissioned | 21 August 1987 |
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Status | in active service |
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Type | Submarine support ship |
Displacement | approx. 1400 ton |
Length | 64.4 m (211 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 2 MAN 6L-20/27 diesel |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Armament | Mark 48 torpedoes 2x 20 mm gun |
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