&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:MV_Plancius.JPG) Plancius in Longyearbyen on 12 July 2013
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| History | |
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 Netherlands | |
| Name | Tydeman |
| Namesake | Gustaaf Frederik Tydeman |
| Ordered | October 1974 |
| Laid down | 29 April 1975 |
| Launched | 18 December 1975 |
| Commissioned | 10 November 1976 |
| Decommissioned | June 2004 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold to tour operator Oceanwide Expeditions |
| History | |
| Name | Plancius |
| Owner | Oceanwide Expeditions |
| Port of registry |  Netherlands |
| Acquired | 2009 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics (as Tydeman) | |
| Type | Oceanographic research vessel |
| Displacement | 2,977 t (2,930 long tons) fully loaded |
| Length | 90.2 m (295 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 3 Diesel-electric units, 2,040 kW (2,730 hp) |
| Propulsion | 3 × Stork-Werkspoor 8-FCHD-240 diesel engines, 1 × shaft, active rudder, 2 × bow thrusters |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | maximum 62 plus 15 scientists |
| Sensors and processing systems | Atlas DESO-10 echo sounder, EDO-Western type 515 deep sea echo sounder, ELAC-Mittellodar wreckage sonar, Geometrics G-801 magnetometer |
MV Plancius, formerly HNLMS Tydeman (A906), is a renovated oceanographic research vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy now employed as a polar expedition cruise vessel by owner and operator Oceanwide Expeditions. She was commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy on 10 November 1976, and served until 2004, before being renovated for commercial use. The vessel was used for both military and civilian research and had a fracture zone named after it.