Snellius class Hydrographic
Inclusion Vessel
HrMs Luymes (A803) is a
hydrographic survey vessel and entered service in early 2004. The ship was designed and finished in the Netherlands.
The hull was built in Romania.
HrMs Luymes is named after the mathematician Johan Luymes, from 1914 to 1934 chief was at the Hydrographic Department.
The vessel collects information
for the Hydrographic Service of the sea for the production of nautical charts.
The ships are efficient to use and operate with a small crew.
The main task of hydrographic survey vessels is to conduct civil-military integration hydrographic work. This means that changes in the waterways and seabed to be mapped. The Navy does so in the waters of the entire Dutch continental shelf and around the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
HrMs Luymes is seen here arriving
in awful weather at HMNB Clyde (Faslane) on Friday 12th April to
participate in Joint Warrior 13-1.
