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Saturday 21 August 2021

None Dutch nuclear submarines according to the Dutch newspaper Friese koerier dated 13 October 1959

The item published in this newspaper reported that the building of two of such submarines was delayed for the time being despite being mentioned in the naval budget of 1957. A naval commission which had to investigate what the demands and possibilities were advice negative. If the navy could not wait regarded their plans for nuclear submarines to become available. The decision was to first another two diesel submarines were to be purchased before going further with nuclear submarines.