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first this version. the various rebuilds will come soon, the minehunters and other modifications might take some more time.

comments?

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Yea! Finally!

Ah! Ton class

hmm now you say so, they look indeed similar. I don't know if there is an relation though, as the wildervank (practically these ships on the outside) were payed by the US, so if they would choose an brit design..... I doubt it. but everything is possible, anybody got more info on this?

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The Ton class were the base for basically every western large coastal minesweeper in the early postwar period. Pretty much like how the Ham class were for the small ones.

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Indeed Ton class. These small coastal minesweepers were the basis for the Dutch ships, and even France had a class of ships based on the Ton class, as well as Canada.
Anyway a very nice effort here Ace.

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and 1983-1999.... now I have to work backwards, by removing the enclosed bridge, and after that I will do the wildervank and.... does somebody has refs for the 'duikvaartuig' (don't know the english name) and minehunter versions?

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"Dive boat"?

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possibly an explanation: it is an diver mothership.... but that is not the currect name as well. dive boat, if translated literally, means duikboot = submarine which it surely isn't!

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Diver support boat?

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