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23 February 2006

Submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy The Dutch Navy currently fields 4 Walrus class submarines. They are:
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The Walrus, launched October 28th, 1985 and relaunched September 13th, 1989. Currently decomissioned for multi-year maintenence.

The Zeeleeuw, launched June 20th, 1987.

The Dolfijn, launched April 25th, 1990, currently under the command of Fredrik Adrianus Wouter van Driel

The Bruinvis, launched May 25th, 1992, currently under the command of Jeroen van Zanten

A Walrus class submarine supports a crew of 50 to 55 seamen, can dive to a depth greather than 300m, carries an armement of 20 torpedos or Sub Harpoon type missiles or 40 mines.

post by: Capn at: 13:32 | 5 comments

I owned the walrus for a while but then I traded it for a space cake and that Asterix where he gets drunk and sells Obelix to a circus.

posted by Divine_Wino 23 February | 14:10

Heh. Seamen.

posted by cmonkey 23 February | 14:15

HALLO BOPPERS!

posted by Hugh Janus 23 February | 14:22

There are only two kinds of sea vessels..submarines and targets.

posted by tetsuo 23 February | 15:23

Doesn't the sound of wooden shoes clattering on steel decks negate that whole "run silent" thing?

posted by King of Prontopia 23 February | 18:12

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