27/06/2023, Raudfjorden, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway.

Keel laid on 29/04/1975, launched on 18/12/1975, & completed on 10/11/1976 as an Oceanographic Research Vessel for the Dutch Navy, by Shipyard De Merwerde, Hardinxveld, Netherlands (612)
2,200 g.t. & 2,977 dwt., as:
'HNLMS Tydeman (A906)' to 2009, &
'Plancius' since then.

In 2009 the vessel was converted to a passenger & cruise ship, with new tonnages of 3,434 g.t. & 700 dwt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Tydeman_(A906)

Photo with the permission of Ovanes Agaryan Агарян Ованес.