Buyskes-class hydrographic survey vessel
Buyskes in service with the Latvian Navy as Varonis | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Buyskes class |
| Builders | Boele's Scheepswerven en Machinefabriek, Bolnes |
| Operators |
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| Preceded by | Snellius class |
| Succeeded by | Snellius class |
| Built | 1972–1973 |
| In commission | 1973-present |
| Planned | 2 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Active | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Hydrographic survey vessel |
| Displacement | 967 t (952 long tons) |
| Length | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 11.1 m (36 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 3.7 metres (12 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Crew | 43 |
The Buyskes class was a class of two hydrographic survey vessels that were part of the Dutch Hydrographic Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Together with HNLMS Tydeman the ships of this class were the main ships of the Dutch Hydrographic Service during the last quarter of the 20th century. While the ships of the Buyskes class were built for performing hydrographic research, the Tydeman was focused on oceanography.