# Vrienden van de Naaldwijk - **Website:** - **Primary alias:** `vriendenvandenaaldwijk.nl` ## Description Vrienden van Naaldwijk is a Dutch heritage organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the former Royal Netherlands Navy minesweeper Hr. Ms. Naaldwijk, now identified as PW809. Through its website, the organization brings together historical records, photographs, ship information and personal accounts from former crew members and other contributors. Its content covers the vessel’s service history, the Dokkum-class minesweepers, naval mine countermeasures, life aboard and the ship’s current location. The Naaldwijk was built at De Noord in Alblasserdam and served in the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1955 until 1994. Since 2000, it has been associated with Stichting Beheer Naaldwijk-Prins Willem Zeeverkenners. The organization also shares news, photographs from maritime events such as SAIL Amsterdam, and information about its sponsors and supporters. Visitors can learn about the ship’s spaces, including the galley and radio room, and explore seafaring stories and archival material. Vrienden van Naaldwijk invites people to support its work by becoming donors and offers information about sailing trips and volunteer crew participation. ## Industries - 🎗 Community and Society - 🧪 Science and Education - 🧪 History _(under Science and Education)_ ## Links - [facebook](https://facebook.com/pw809) ## Logos & icons - logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id4TVI5obD/w/820/h/276/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792927173023) - icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id4TVI5obD/w/1361/h/1361/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792927173585) --- _Source: _ _See [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) for a full list of agent-readable pages, and [/auth.md](/auth.md) for how agents authenticate._