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HNLMS ''Tonijn'' (Dutch: ''Thunnus'') was a ''Potvis''-class submarine (modified ) of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
On 16 October a refit of the boat began at a dry-docked in Rotterdam. This lasted until 11 December 1979.
In 1984 the boat participated in an exercise at Zeebrugge with and the .
The boat made a trip to Norway in 1990 and later that year to Scotland.
On 10 January 1991 the boat was decommissioned. ''Tonijn'' is preserved as a museum boat at the Dutch Navy Museum in Den Helder and open to the public since the summer of 1994.
Ship history
The submarine was Keel laying, laid down on 26 October 1962 at the ''Wilton-Fijenoord'' shipyard in Schiedam and launched on 14 June 1965. 24 February 1966 she was Ship commissioning, commissioned in the Dutch navy. While on exercise northwest of Ireland, she received the news that the submarine ''USS Icefish (SS-367), Walrus'' had gone missing. ''Tonijn'' participated in the search for the boat on 16 December 1968. It turned out ''Walrus'' was not lost but had lost radio contact due to a malfunction. From 18 to 28 July 1976 ''Tonijn'' made a visit to Kiel to participate in the Kieler Woche. Later that year she visited Dublin from 11 to 14 September. In September 1979 after fires broke out in the port engine room and starboard engine room assisted in towing the boat to Gibraltar. The boat was in serious trouble as she also suffered from ''battery depletion'' that was performed at the time the fires broke out leaving the boat with 10% battery power.
On 16 October a refit of the boat began at a dry-docked in Rotterdam. This lasted until 11 December 1979.
In 1984 the boat participated in an exercise at Zeebrugge with and the .
The boat made a trip to Norway in 1990 and later that year to Scotland.
On 10 January 1991 the boat was decommissioned. ''Tonijn'' is preserved as a museum boat at the Dutch Navy Museum in Den Helder and open to the public since the summer of 1994.
References
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