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Submarine S 803 HNLMS Zeeleeuw ex SS 366 USS Hawkbill |
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Walrus (US Balao) class Attack Submarine - SSK Builder: Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA STATUS: US service - USS Icefish / SS 367 Laid down: August 7, 1943 Launched: January 9, 1944 Commissioned: March 15, 1944 Decommissioned: June 21, 1946 Recommissioned: May 5, 1952 Decommissioned: July 29, 1952 converted to a GUPPY-type submarine Recommissioned: December 10, 1952 Decommissioned: April 21, 1953 transferred (loaned) to Royal Netherlands Navy on April 21, 1953 renamed S 803 HNLMS Zeeleeuw in service with RNLN: 1953-70 sold to The Netherlands: February 20, 1970 Decommissioned: 1970 Fate: sold for scrap on November 24, 1970 / scrapped in The Netherlands Namesake: Sea Lion (animal) Boat's motto: OP PROOI BELUST (eager for prey) Technical Data: see INFO > Walrus/Balao class Submarine |
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HNLMS Zeeleeuw (S 803) - ex SS 366 USS Hawkbill: ... service history wanted. - - - - - NOTE: Royal Netherlands Navy vessels are given the international prefix "HNLMS", short for His/Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship/Submarine) In Dutch Zr.Ms. for Zijner Majesteits (His Majesty's) or Hr.Ms. for Harer Majesteits (Her Majesty's) and then the ship's/boat's name without using the word ship or boat. e.g. Zr.Ms. Walrus means 'His Majesty's Walrus' and not 'His Majesty's submarine Walrus'. |
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