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The submarine HNLMS 'Walrus (S802)' of the Royal Netherlands Navy was decommissioned on Oct 12, 2023 and exactly three years later, on Oct 12, 2026, she left her home port of Den Helder for the very last time, heading to Amsterdam on the barge 'H-331', which was towed by the 'Eems Warrior', in order to be scrapped. Built by the Rotterdamsche Droogdok maatschappy (RDM) and commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1992, the 'Walrus' remained in service until the end of her operational life. All usable equipment and components have been removed to help keep the remaining submarines operational. The Defence Materiel and IT Command (COMMIT) was overseeing the transport.

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arrived Chittagong Anchorage 12.10.26

The 'NG-1 - Jurie van den Berg' departed from the port of Harlingen on Oct 7, 2026, for her final voyage, destined for the Hoeben RDM shipbreaking yard in Kampen. The trawler entered service in August 1979 as 'UK-61 - Jurie van den Berg'. The Shipyard Hoogezand in Hoogezand, which ceased operations in 1985, built the trawler for the Van den Berg family. In 1988, the vessel was reflagged to Germany and registered in the German fisheries registers as 'NG-1', retaining her name 'Jurie van den Berg'. The official home port became Ditzum. The trawler also practiced pulse fishing. However, when pulse fishing was banned in Germany as well, financially difficult times began for many beam trawlers. The trawler was laid up in Harlingen. The German beam trawl fleet now consisted of only one large vessel, the 'ST-27 - Jacob Grietje' owned by the Nentjes family from Urk, which officially has Tönning as its home port, but primarily fishes from Den Helder. The 'SC-1 - Elisabeth' has been laid up in Harlingen due to engine problems since the end of 2025 with the future uncertain; she may possibly be scrapped too. The beam trawler/twinrigger 'NC-25 - Evert Snoek', owned by the Snoek family from Urk, has been lying in Den Oever and on Aug 12 was deregistered from the German fisheries registers and acquired a new foreign owner.