HNLMS Zeehond (S809)

	Zeehond in the North Sea, 1962
History
Netherlands
Name	Zeehond
Builder	Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam
Laid down	30 December 1954
Launched	20 February 1960
Commissioned	16 March 1961
Decommissioned	11 January 1990
Fate	Scrapped 1997
General characteristics
Class and type	Dolfijn-class submarine
Displacement	1140 tons standard; 1530 tons surfaced; 1830 tons submerged;
Length	79.5 m (260 ft 10 in)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × 1,250 bhp (932 kW) diesel engines; 2 × 2,200 bhp (1,641 kW) electric motors;
Speed	14.5 kn (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) surfaced; 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) submerged;
Complement	67
Armament	4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes; 4 × 21 in stern torpedo tubes;

Zeehond (Dutch: Seal) was a Dolfijn-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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