HNLMS ''Dolfijn'' (Dutch: ''
Dolphin'') was a of the
Royal Netherlands Navy
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Ship history
The submarine was laid down on 30 December 1954 at the ''Rotterdamse Droogdok Mij'' shipyard in
Rotterdam and launched on 20 May 1959. 16 December 1960 she was commissioned in the Dutch navy.
In March 1962 the boat and ''
Zeeleeuw'' where send to the west coast of the US to show the flag. After this ''Dolfijn'', ''Zeeleeuw'' and a number of destroyers were sent to
Netherlands New Guinea because of rising tension between the Netherlands and
Indonesia. When the situation calmed down, she returned to the Netherlands.
In 1963
Toulouse was visited for testing of a new type of torpedo tube.
In May 1964 ''Dolfijn'' participated in an exercise called ''Long Look'' held between
Canada and
Greenland.
In January 1968 ''Dolfijn'' and left the port of
Den Helder
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for a war simulation in the northern
Atlantic Ocean that would last 5 weeks.
In May 1970 an international exercise called ''Rusty Nut'' is held where the boat participated in. Later that year in September she participated in the
NATO exercise ''Northern Wedding''.
In early 1971 she practiced with her sister in the
Bay of Biscay
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In September 1976 she participated in the ''NATO'' exercise ''Team Work''.
In July 1978 ''Dolfijn'', ''Zeehond'', ''Potvis'' and practiced firing exercises.
In July 1976 ''Dolfijn'', together with the frigates , , , the destroyers , and the replenishment ship visited
New York
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in commemoration of the city's 200 years anniversary.
On 29 April 1982 the boat was decommissioned. On 22 July 1985 the boat was sold to be scrapped at the yard of the ''Heuvelman'' in
Puttershoek
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Captain Just Roele was one of the Commanders of this submarine and enjoys the honour of being the first Dutch submarine commander to take a Dutch submarine around the World. Captain Roele later took overall command of the Dutch Submarine fleet and subsequently became Dutch Defence Attache in London and New York.
References
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1959 ships
Ships built in Rotterdam
Dolfijn-class submarines
Submarines built by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij