HNLMS Willebrord Snellius
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NameWillebrord Snellius
NamesakeWillebrord Snellius
BuilderMaatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord, Rotterdam
Launched1928
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Willebrord Snellius |
| Namesake | Willebrord Snellius |
| Builder | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord, Rotterdam |
| Launched | 1928 |
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| Out of service | 6 March 1942 |
| Fate | Scuttled to block the entrance to Surabaya Naval Harbor |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary, hydrographic survey ship, patrol boat |
| Displacement | 930 t (920 long tons) standard |
| Length | 62.1 m (203 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 3.61 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | 525 hp (391 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × Werkspoor triple expansion |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Complement | 84 |
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HNLMS Willebrord Snellius was a hydrographic survey vessel created for service with the Government Navy in the Dutch East Indies. The ship was named after Willebrord Snellius, a famous Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
Willebrord Snellius was militarized by the Royal Netherlands Navy upon the outbreak of World War II and served as a patrol boat in the east of the Indonesian Archipelago.[1][2]