HNLMS Potvis (S804)
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| Name: | Potvis |
| Builder: | Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam |
| Laid down: | 17 September 1962 |
| Launched: | 12 January 1965 |
| Commissioned: | 2 November 1965 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 June 1992 |
| Fate: | Broken up 1994 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Dolfijn-class submarine |
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| Length: | 78.3 m (256 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
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| Complement: | 67 |
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Potvis (Dutch: Sperm whale) was a Potvis class (modified Dolfijn-class submarine) of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Ship history
The submarine was laid down on 17 September 1962 at the Wilton-Fijenoord shipyard in Schiedam and launched on 12 January 1965. 2 November 1965 she was commissioned in the Dutch navy.[2]
In January 1968 Potvis and Dolfijn left the port of Den Helder for a war simulation in the northern Atlantic Ocean that would last 5 weeks.[2] The boat was overhauled in 1970 at the Wilton-Fijenoord shipyard.[2] From October until November 1976 Potvis and the tender Mercuur perform torpedo system trials at Andros, Bahamas.[2] From 2 to 21 July 1978 Potvis, Dolfijn, Zeehond and Zwaardvis practiced firing exercises.[2]
On 19 November 1982 a refit of the boat started at the Naval Yard in Den Helder. This lasts until 8 August 1983.[2] In 1984 she made a visit to Willemstad Curaçao. The following years she made several visits to Norway and Scotland.[2]
On 18 June 1992 she was finally decommissioned and broken up 1994, wearing a special ceremony painting of a Sperm whale.[2]