HNLMS Cornelis Drebbel (A886)

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Cornelis Drebbel.

History
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]

Design and construction

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]

Service history

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]

On 26 August 1978 Cornelis Drebbel was moved from the shipyard of Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam to the shipyard of Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij in Rotterdam.[8]

Notes

Citations

1. van Amstel (1991), p. 147.
2. "Botel voor marine". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 12 November 1969.
3. "Order van 3 miljoen: Voorwaarts in Hoogezand bouwt marine-botel'". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 11 November 1969.
4. "Marineorder van drie miljoen voor werf in Hoogezand". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 11 November 1969.
5. "Botel voor marine in Delfzijl overgedragen". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 9 November 1971.
6. "Hoogezandse werf bouwt 'botel' voor de Marine". Trouw (in Dutch). 12 November 1969.
7. "'Botel' vervangt logementsschip". Het Vrije Volk (in Dutch). 14 November 1969.
8. "Hr.Ms. "Cornelis Drebbel"" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). Vol. 1, no. 1. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. August 1978. p. 9.

References

• van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945 (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-997-6.