A856 Mercuur

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Author: Ship Hunters collection
Location: (NL) Scheveningen
Date: 04/09/2009
Administrative data Technical data
name: A856 Mercuur
commissioned: 1953
flag: The Netherlands
dimensions: 52.12 x 10.66 x 3.16 m
type: "Mercuur" class torpedo retrieving ship
specs: crew: 39
speed: 15.00 kn
former name(s): new name(s):
AM483 ('53-'54) (US Navy)
M886 Onverschrokken ('54-'65)(Dutch Navy)
A856 Onverschrokken ('65-'72) (Dutch Navy) 		No known new names
We also have pictures of this vessel under the folowing name(s).
Extra info:
As M886 Onverschrokken ("Onversaagd" class ocean minesweeper) in service until 1965.
Afterwards she was reallocated as escort vessel A856 and in 1972 converted into a torpedo ship A856 Mercuur.
After her final deployment in 1987, the ship was given a new life as a museum ship in the port of Scheveningen (NL).

But her owners decided in 2015 to stop the exploitation of the museum ship, after there was asbestos found on her.
The ship was transferred to the Royal Navy on 15/12/2015 and was moored back in Den Helder, awaiting disposal or scrap.

Since 2017 the Mercuur is in Vlissingen where after maintenance it will be reopened for the public
Converted? This vessel was converted from ocean minesweeper to torpedo retrieving ship in the year 1972.
Museum? She is part of a heritage preservation project, or belongs to a museum.
Decommissioned? This vessel was decommissioned or transfered in the year 1987
Scrapping? Not scrapped on 01/08/2019.
Severely damaged? No