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HNLMS Mercuur
HNLMS Mercuur
History
HNLMS MercuurNetherlands
NameMercuur
OrderedJune 1984
BuilderKoninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde
Laid down16 November 1985
Launched16 October 1987
Commissioned21 August 1987
Identification
  • MMSI number: 245974000
  • Callsign: PARE
  • Pennant number: A900
Statusin active service
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General characteristics
TypeSubmarine support ship
Displacementapprox. 1400 ton
Length64.4 m (211 ft 3 in)
Beam12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion2 MAN 6L-20/27 diesel
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
ArmamentMark 48 torpedoes 2x 20 mm gun

HNLMS Mercuur (A900) is a submarine support ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built and designed specially to support the Dutch submarines. She entered service on 21 August 1987, and is the only surface vessel attached to the Dutch submarine service.[1]

  1. ^ Defensie, Ministerie van. "Zr. Ms. Mercuur". www.defensie.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-11-25.

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