Armored ship docked in the stone dry dock - Fortresse Holland (Hellevoetsluis/NL)

After the arrival of the armored ship HNLMS Buffel on October 5, 2013, it was docked in the aft dock of the historic Dry Dock Jan Blancen. Not because the ship needed immediate maintenance, but because the berth and the rest of the Koningskade were still under construction.

The sight of the armored ship HNLMS Buffel in the dry dock was of course very special to see. Contemporaries and old acquaintances of each other from a time when the Hellevoetste harbor was still a real naval port and also the predecessor of the current naval port in Den Helder.

Photo: Armored ship docked in the stone dry dock - by Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 4S) / #HrMsBuffel #ship #docked - #Droogdok #JanBlanken #Museum / #MaritiemKwartier at #DroogdokJanBlanken #FortresseHolland in #Hellevoetsluis, #SouthHolland - #Netherlands

October 2013, Ramtorenschip De Buffel (Est. 1896) after 117 years in time. In the year 2046 it's 150 years since.

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Hellevoetsluis: Fortresse Holland Maritiem Kwartier
Ramtorenschip De Buffel (Est. 1896) - this ironclad ram ship was in service of the Royal Dutch Navy until 1973 as "Hr.Ms. Buffel" or "HNLMS Buffel" (NATO number A 884). The first ship of the Royal Dutch Navy without sails, a heavy armored ram ship using a steam engine and two propellers. Equiped with an armament of a ram on her bow, several guns, serviced by a crew of 150 men. Her main task was to play a role in the Dutch coastal defense, later in use as an accommodation ship. It's now a museum moored in the "Maritiem Kwartier", part of the "Fortresse Holland" museum in Hellevoetsluis, in national history an important Dutch defence and naval base.

Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Buffel.
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Taken in: Holland / South Holland / Gemeente Hellevoetsluis (show map)

Taken on: October 12, 2013

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