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MV Plancius, formerly HNLMS Tydeman (A906), is a cruise ship that was converted from an oceanographic research vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was put into service on 10 November 1976 and served until 3 June 2004. Thirty percent of her operational time was used by non-military research institutes and universities. At the time HNLMS Tydeman and the smaller ships and formed the so-called white fleet of the Hydrographic Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy.〔 :nl:Dienst der Hydrografie〕 The white fleet was replaced by from 2003 and from 2004.〔 (Snelliusklasse at Marineschepen.nl )〕 ''Tydeman'' was named after Gustaaf Frederik Tydeman, hydrographer of the Siboga Expedition (1899–1900) in the Dutch East Indies. She was the second ship with this name. The Tydeman fracture zone () between Madeira and the Azores is named after ''Tydeman''. ''Tydeman'' was designed for deep sea research worldwide, but in her last years in the navy her tasks were limited to hydrographic surveying in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. When put out of service, ''Tydeman'' was first sold to the Nigerian Navy. However, the Nigerians did not pay. In January 2007 Oceanwide Expeditions, a tour operator based in Vlissingen, acquired the ''Tydeman'' for 900,000 euros.〔 (Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant 8 mei 2008 )〕 In 2008 the ship was refurbished at the Reimerswaal shipyard in Hansweert. On Saturday 14 November 2009 the ''Tydeman'' was renamed MV ''Plancius'' after Petrus Plancius (1552–1622), a Dutch cartographer. ''Plancius'', sailing under Dutch flag, is used for cruises to Antarctic and Arctic waters. In May 2011 the ship was back in Hansweert for two weeks of maintenance.〔 (Tydeman-hyves )〕 The ''Plancius'' can accommodate 116 passengers in 53 cabins. She has a total crew of 45: * 17 nautical * 19 hotel (6 chefs, 1 hotel manager, 1 steward-barman and 11 stewards / cabin cleaners) * 7 expedition (1 expedition leader and 6 guides-lecturers) * 1 doctor. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HNLMS Tydeman (A906)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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