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Friday 19 January 2018

Shorting mast of Dutch Zwaardvisch-class submarines

Marinemuseum Den Helder, Netherlands 11 January 2018

Used by the Dutch Zwaardvisch-class submarines (1943-1965) for recharging the batteries and at the same time refreshing the air within the submarine allowing to syay submerged. The Dutch Zwaardvis-class consisted of the Zwaardvis (ex-British HMS Talent), Zeehond (ex-HMS Tapir) and Tijgerhaai (ex-British HMS Tarn)

Zwaardvisch, laid down by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, United Kingdom on 13 October 1942, commissioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy as the Zwaardvisch on 6 December 1943, later renamed Zwaardvis, decommissioned on 11 December 1962, stricken on 12 July 1963 and sold to be broken up.

Tijgerhaai, laid down by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom on 12 June 1943, commissioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy on 28 March 1945 and on 5 November 1965sold to be broken up.