PW 809 NAALDWIJK

PW 809   NAALDWIJK   06 07 2015                      G.GYSSELS

PW 809  NAALDWIJK  ex M 809  NAALDWIJK  ex MSC 175  ex AMS 175
FLAG : NETHERLANDS
TYPE :  DOKKUM - CLASS COASTAL MINESWEEPER
LAID DOWN : 02 11 1953
LAUNCHED  : 01 02 1955
COMMISSIONED : 08 12 1955
DECOMMISSIONED : 28 01 1994

Laid down as AMS 175 ( MDAP : Mutuel Defense Assistence Program ). On 07 02 1955 reclassified
as a Coastal Minesweeper MSC 175 by the U.S.NAVY.
Commissioned as M 809 NAALDWIJK.
After decommissioning in 01 1994 she was laid up at Den Helder till in 2000 she was transferred
to the Stichting Beheer Naaldwijk-Prins Willem Zeeverkenners.  ( SEA SCOUTS ).
In 2016 she was used in the movie " DUNKIRK " by Christopher Nolan. She was converted as the
Royal Navy HALCYON - Class minesweeper : HMS BRITOMART  J 22

PW 809   NAALDWIJK   26 06 2017 a                      G.GYSSELS

PW 809   NAALDWIJK   26 06 2017 b                      G.GYSSELS

PW 809   NAALDWIJK  as HMS BRITOMART  J 22   20 05 2016                      G.GYSSELS