HNLMS Cerberus (A851)

HNLMS Cerberus (A851) is a diving support vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

[2][3][1] Cerberus was laid down on 15 April 1991 at Scheepswerf Visser in Den Helder (now part of the Damen Group) as the first of four new diving support vessel.

She was launched later that year on 18 December 1991 and commissioned on 28 February 1992.

[3][1][2] On 13 November 2024 Cerberus helped remove a US World War II 2000-pound bomb from a dredger during a explosives disposal operation of the Dutch Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service (DEODS).

[4] It is expected that Cerberus will reach the end of her lifecycle in 2026/27.