MIDLIFE UPGRADE FOR NAVAL HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY VESSEL

摘要

Damen Shipyards Den Helder has returnedthe HNLMS Snellius to the Royal NetherlandsNavy (RNLN) following her midlife upgrade.The hydrographic survey vessel required acomplex and diverse scope of work takingalmost a year to complete. The vessel wasdelivered ahead of the agreed date.The Defensie Materieel Organisation (of theDutch Ministry of Defence) and the DirectieMaterële Instandhouding (DMI - theDirectorate for Materiel Conservation) wereresponsible for this major maintenance workon the ship. They commissioned the yard inDen Helder to carry out both the mid-lifeupdate and the necessary multi-annualmaintenance simultaneously. Part of theproject was carried out in the covered dock ofDamen Shiprepair in Harlingen.