HNLMS Bonaire

HNLMS Bonaire is a Samarang-class gunvessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy, now^[when?] under restoration as a museum ship.

Bonaire in drydock, 2018
History
Netherlands
Name	HNLMS Bonaire
Launched	12 May 1877
Commissioned	1877
Decommissioned	1995
Renamed	Abel Tasman, 1924
Status	Under restoration as museum ship
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Samarang-class gunvessel
Tonnage	837 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	53 m (173 ft 11 in)
Beam	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Sail plan	3-masted barquentine
Armament	1 * 15 cm A No. 1 3 * 12 cm K.A. BL

History

Bonaire was built for the Royal Netherlands Navy as a gun vessel with barquentine rig and a retractable screw. She was launched at Rotterdam on 12 May 1877.

From 1924 she served at Delfzijl as living quarters for the Dutch Nautical College, and was renamed Abel Tasman.

After Abel Tasman lay abandoned for many years, a restoration programme began in 2005 at Den Helder to secure the future of the ship as a floating museum.

See also

• HNLMS Buffel
• HNLMS Schorpioen
• Jylland
• List of museum ships