Two
submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
s of the
Royal Netherlands Navy
The Royal Netherlands Navy ( nl, Koninklijke Marine, links=no) is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
During the 17th century, the navy of the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world an ...
have borne the name HNLMS ''Zeeleeuw'' (S803), in honor of the
Sea lion. (Both were assigned the same
pennant number
In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of ''pendant number'', which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that iden ...
, so they are distinguished by an
ordinal number
In set theory, an ordinal number, or ordinal, is a generalization of ordinal numerals (first, second, th, etc.) aimed to extend enumeration to infinite sets.
A finite set can be enumerated by successively labeling each element with the least n ...
.)
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HNLMS ''Zeeleeuw'' (1) was originally , a
U.S. Navy , launched in 1944 and decommissioned in 1946. The ship was loaned to the Netherlands in 1953; she was commissioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS ''Zeeleeuw'' (S803). In 1970, ''Zeeleeuw'' was sold for scrap.
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HNLMS ''Zeeleeuw'' (2) is a , launched in 1987 and still in service as of May 2023.
References
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Royal Netherlands Navy ship names