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Caption: ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY SUBMARINE
Caption: SUBMARINE
The Royal Netherlands Navy operates four submarines of the Walrus-class; a diesel-electric submarine which can be deployed world wide.
The submarines are intended to be replaced in 2025.
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Caption: A submarine surfacing close to the famous light house of
Den Helder
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Caption: Seamanship!
Sub's in close formation.
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Caption: ROYAL The Royal Netherlands Navy has strong ties with the Royal House of Orange. Recently His Majesty Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands, visited one of the submarines during a routine visit.
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Caption: STEALTH Once under water the submarines are hard to detect by hostile air, surface and
sub-surface units.
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Caption: Equiped with high-tech sensors the submarines are a most valuable intelligence unit.
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Caption: WORLD WIDE The Royal Netherlands Navy is the only navy capable of operating her diesel-electric submarines for an extended period everywhere across the world.
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Caption: "UP PERISCOPE" COUNTER-PIRACY NEAR SOMALIA
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Caption: DUTCH CARIBBEAN
Like the surface ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy, the submarines are also frequently operating in the waters of the Dutch Caribbean. Besides protecting the national territory, they might also be involved in Coast Guard operations like countering illicit trafficking.
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Caption: MARSOF Besides collecting information or countering hostile ships and submarines, the Dutch submarines are also very capable of enabling maritime special operations conducted by the Netherlands Marine Corps.
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Caption: Marines leaving the submarine to start their special operation.
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Caption: After their mission the special operation forces return safely to the sub.
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Caption: NEW Based on their political and strategic value, national and for NATO and EU, the Royal Netherlands Navy intends to replace the four submarines by 2025.
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Caption: QUAMVIS PATIENS ACRIS
