HNLMS Van Bochove (A923) was a ship[a] of the Royal Netherlands Navy that was used to test torpedoes.

[1] Van Bochove was built at the shipyard of N.V. Zaanlandse Scheepsbouwmaatschappij in Zaandam.

[3] The ship was laid down on 9 April 1962, launched on 20 July 1962 and commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) on 3 August 1962.

van Bochove, who died in an accident in 1959 during a torpedo test exercise.

[3][6] Previously, the RNN used older submarines to test torpedoes, but since the RNN lacked at the time enough submarines it was decided to build a special ship for this purpose.