HNLMS Buffel
HNLMS Buffel is a 19th-century ironclad ram ship. She was one of the main attractions of the Maritime Museum Rotterdam, also known as the Prince Hendrik Museum, named after its founder, Prince Henry "The Navigator", who had a naval career and established the basis of the museum back in 1874.Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: 1868 Buffel-class monitor
- Also known as: “Museumschip ‘Buffel’”
- Address: Koningskade 2, Hellevoetsluis, 3221CC
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Noord Hinder and Hellevoetsluis Dry Dock.
Hellevoetsluis Dry Dock
Museum
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hellevoetsluis Dry Dock is a historic double dry dock in Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands. It was constructed between 1798 and 1822 under the direction of Jan Blanken, and was part of the former Rijkswerf Hellevoetsluis. Hellevoetsluis Dry Dock is situated 120 metres northwest of HNLMS Buffel.
Sint-Antonius van Paduakerk
Church
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sint-Antonius van Paduakerk is a church, which is situated 190 metres southeast of HNLMS Buffel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hellevoetsluis and Nieuw-Helvoet.
Hellevoetsluis
Town
Hellevoetsluis is a town and former municipality in the west of Netherlands. It is located in Voorne-Putten, South Holland. The former municipality covered an area of 61.20 km2 of which 20.10 km2 was water and it included the population centres of Nieuw-Helvoet, Nieuwenhoorn, and Oude en Nieuwe Struiten, all former municipalities.
Nieuw-Helvoet
Quarter
Nieuw-Helvoet is a former village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is now a neighbourhood in the north of the town of Hellevoetsluis. Nieuw-Helvoet was a separate municipality until 1960, when it became part of Hellevoetsluis.
Nieuwenhoorn
Suburb
Nieuwenhoorn is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located in the municipality of Voorne aan Zee, about 3 km north of Hellevoetsluis city centre. Nieuwenhoorn is situated 3 km north of HNLMS Buffel.
HNLMS Buffel
- Categories: ironclad warship, museum ship, preserved watercraft, ship, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Voorne aan Zee, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.82826° or 51° 49′ 42″ northLongitude
4.13002° or 4° 7′ 48″ eastOperator
Stichting Museumschip de BuffelOpen location code
9F36R4HJ+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 268443589OpenStreetMap feature
building=shipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=shipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q227151
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“HNLMS Buffel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “荷兰皇家海军巴佛号”
- Chinese: “荷兰皇家海军比费尔号”
- Chinese: “荷蘭皇家海軍巴佛號”
- Dutch: “De Buffel”
- Dutch: “Hr.Ms. Buffel”
- Dutch: “Museumschip De Buffel”
- Dutch: “Ramtorenschip ‘Buffel’”
- Dutch: “Ramtorenschip Buffel”
- Dutch: “Zr. Ms. Buffel”
- Esperanto: “Zr. Ms. Buffel”
- Esperanto: “Zr.Ms. Buffel (1868)”
- Finnish: “Hr. Ms. Buffel”
- French: “Zr.Ms. Buffel”
- German: “Buffel (Schiff)”
- German: “Buffel”
- Irish: “HNLMS Buffel”
- Japanese: “バッフル”
- Papiamento: “Zr. Ms. Buffel”
- Persian: “اچانالاماس بوفل”
- “HNLMS Buffel”
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