Royal Netherlands Navy Submarine Service
The Royal Netherlands Navy Submarine Service is a department within the Royal Netherlands Navy that is responsible for the deployment of Dutch submarines. It was established out of the Netherlands Torpedo Service on 21 December 1906, and merged with the Netherlands Mine Service on 15 July 2005.
HNLMS O 24 moored alongside two other OZD submarines in 1949
Image: HNLMS Walrus (S802) in 2008
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The Dolfijn-class submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy are a class of four submarines; Dolfijn, Zeehond, Potvis and Tonijn. They were built in the late 1950s and the early 1960s. They were the first indigenous submarines built in the Netherlands and for the Royal Netherlands Navy after World War II. In the Netherlands they are also known as "three cylinder" submarines.
The Dutch submarine HNLMS Zeehond
Dolfijn-class ships Dolfijn (left) and Zeehond (right) under construction in 1956.
Dolfijn undergoing sea trials in 1960.
Potvis and Tonijn nearing completion at Wilton's Dok- en Werf Maatschappij, 1964.