HNLMS Walrus
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Two submarine
s of the Royal Netherlands Navy
have borne the name HNLMS Walrus (S802), in honor of the Walrus
.
Submarine
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
s of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy
The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
have borne the name HNLMS Walrus (S802), in honor of the Walrus
Walrus
The walrus is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous circumpolar distribution in the Arctic Ocean and sub-Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living species in the Odobenidae family and Odobenus genus. It is subdivided into three subspecies: the Atlantic...
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- HNLMS Walrus (1) was originally USS IcefishUSS Icefish (SS-367)USS Icefish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the icefish, any member of the family Salangidae, small smeltlike fishes of China and Japan. Also known as whitebait....
(SS-367), a U.S. Navy Balao-classBalao class submarineThe Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 122 units built, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier Gato class, the boats had slight internal differences...
submarine, 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 Walrus (S802). In 1971, Walrus was sold for scrap.
- HNLMS Walrus (S802)HNLMS Walrus (S802)HNLMS Walrus is the first of the four Walrus class diesel-electric submarines.Walrus was laid down 11 October 1979 and launched 28 October 1985. Due to damage caused by fire in 14 August 1986 completion of boat was delayed....
is a Walrus-classWalrus class submarineThe Walrus-class submarine is the only submarine class currently in operation in the Royal Netherlands Navy. They have been in use since 1990 and are all named after sea mammals.-Design:...
submarine, launched in 1985 and still in service as of 2008.