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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Dutch MoD issues contract for Walrus-class submarine life extension

Walrus-classOn 13 May the Defense Materiel Organisation (DMO) of the Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract with Imtech Marine Netherlands to begin a life-extension programme for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN)'s four Walrus-class diesel-electric submarines.

Imtech Marine Netherlands is the lead contractor for the 'Instandhoudiingsprogramma Walrus-klasse', or IP-W, programme: a project reported to be worth EUR94 million (USD120.3 million).

HNLMS Zeeleeuw (S-803), which is being stripped down at the naval shipyard in Den Helder, will be the first boat of the class to undergo refit and upgrade under the IP-W programme.

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