HNLMS Bonaire is a Samarang-class gunvessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy, now[when?] under restoration as a museum ship.
.JPG) Bonaire in drydock, 2018
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| Name | HNLMS Bonaire |
| Launched | 12 May 1877 |
| Commissioned | 1877 |
| Decommissioned | 1995 |
| Renamed | Abel Tasman, 1924 |
| Status | Under restoration as museum ship |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Samarang-class gunvessel |
| Tonnage | 837 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length | 53 m (173 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Sail plan | 3-masted barquentine |
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History
editBonaire was built for the Royal Netherlands Navy as a gun vessel with barquentine rig and a retractable screw. She was launched at Rotterdam on 12 May 1877.
From 1924 she served at Delfzijl as living quarters for the Dutch Nautical College, and was renamed Abel Tasman.
After Abel Tasman lay abandoned for many years, a restoration programme began in 2005 at Den Helder to secure the future of the ship as a floating museum.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Hr. Ms. Bonaire". sailing-ships.oktett.net. Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
External links
edit- Stichting BONAIRE – the charity that undertakes the restoration of Zr.Ms. BONAIRE
- Photo-collection on Zr.Ms. BONAIRE
- Photos of "Bonaire"