HNLMS Hoofdinspecteur Zeeman
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- Dienst der Bebakening en kustverlichting
Royal Netherlands Navy
 Hoofdinspecteur Zeeman | |
| History | |
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 Netherlands | |
| Name | Hoofdinspecteur Zeeman |
| Operator |
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| Builder | Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam |
| Launched | 13 May 1909 |
| Commissioned | 1909 |
| Fate | Capsized on 5 March 1942 |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type | Steamship |
| Displacement | 803 t (790 long tons) |
| Length | 52.70 m (172 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 9.20 m (30 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 3.07 m (10 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 52 |
HNLMS Hoofdinspecteur Zeeman was a steamship of the Dienst der Bebakening en kustverlichting.[3][4] She was built in the Netherlands and served as beacon ship (Dutch: bebakeningsvaartuig) in the Dutch East Indies.[5] In 1939 the ship was militarized and taken into service of the Royal Netherlands Navy as buoy tender.[4]
Hoofdinspecteur Zeeman was built at the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NSM) in Amsterdam and launched on 13 May 1909 from Slipway No. 5.[6][7] In the same year the ship was commissioned into the Dienst der Bebakening en kustverlichting.[8] The costs of building the Hoofdinspecteur Zeeman was estimated to be 227.240 Dutch guilders.[2]
The steam engines of the ship were made by the Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel in Amsterdam.[3]
The ship was named after Arie Cornelis Zeeman, the first chief inspector (Dutch: hoofdinspecteur) of the Dienst van Scheepsvaart.[2][9]