HNLMS Snellius entering Scheveningen port
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History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | HNLMS Snellius |
Laid down | 25 June 2002 |
Launched | 30 April 2003 |
Commissioned | 20 February 2003 |
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Status | in active service |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Snellius class |
Displacement | 1,875 t (1,845 long tons)[1] |
Length | 75.0 m (246 ft 1 in)[1] |
Beam | 13.1 m (43 ft 0 in)[1] |
Draught | 4.0 m (13 ft 1 in)[1] |
Propulsion | 2 diesel engines, 1,564 hp (1,166 kW)[1] |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[1] |
Complement | 18[1] |
Armament | 2 12.7 mm machine guns (optional) |
HNLMS Snellius (A802) is a hydrographic survey vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy.[2] The Snellius has a sister ship, HNLMS Luymes. Snellius is named after the mathematician Willebrord Snellius who contributed significantly to hydrography.