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{{Infobox Ship Begin}} {{Infobox Ship Career |Ship country=Netherlands |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Netherlands}} |Ship name=HNLMS Tydeman (A906) |Ship namesake=Gustaaf Frederik Tydeman |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= |Ship laid down=29 April 1975 |Ship launched=18 December 1975 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service=10 November 1976 |Ship out of service=3 June 2004 |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Sold to touroperator Oceanwide Expeditions |Ship status= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox Ship Characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship displacement=3175 tonnes |Ship tonnage=2900 |Ship length=90.2 m |Ship beam=14.4 m |Ship draught=4.7 m |Ship propulsion=3 Diesel-electric units |Ship speed={{convert|15|kn|km/h}} |Ship range= |Ship complement=Tydeman: maximum 62 plus 15 scientists, Plancius: 45 |Ship sensors=Tydeman: Atlas DESO-10 echo sounder, EDO-Western type 515 deep sea echo sounder, ELAC-Mittellodar wreckage sonar, Geometrics G-801 magnetometer, bottom diggers, radiosondes and barometers |Ship EW= |Ship armament= |Ship armour= |Ship aircraft=Tydeman: Deck for Westland Lynx helicopter, daytime and fair weather use only |Ship notes= }}

HNLMS Tydeman (A906) was an oceanographic research vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was put into service on 10 November 1976 and served until 3 June 2004. Thirty percent of her operational time was used by non-military research institutes and universities. At the time HNLMS Tydeman and the smaller ships HNLMS Buyskes and HNLMS Blommendal formed the so-called white fleet of the Hydrographic Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy{{in lang|nl}} :nl:Dienst der Hydrografie. The white fleet was replaced by HNLMS Snellius (A802) from 2003 and HNLMS Luymes (A803) from 2004{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.marineschepen.nl/marschepen/snellius.html Snelliusklasse at Marineschepen.nl].

HNLMS Tydeman was named after Gustaaf Frederik Tydeman, hydrographer of the Siboga Expedition (1899-1900) in the Dutch East Indies. She was the second ship with this name.

The Tydeman fracture zone ({{coor|36|N|23|W}}) between Madeira and the Azores is named after HNLMS Tydeman{{cite journal |last=Roest |first=Walter |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=1987 |month= |title=Seafloor Spreading Pattern of the North Atlantic between 10 degrees and 40 degrees north |trans_title= |journal=Geologica Ultraiectina |volume=48 |series= |issue= |page= |pages= |at= |chapter= |location= |publisher= |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= |language= |format= |id= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmc= |bibcode= |doi= |accessdate= |url= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |laysource= |laysummary= |laydate= |quote= |ref= |separator= |postscript= }}.

HNLMS Tydeman was designed for deep sea research worldwide, but in her last years in the navy her tasks were limited to hydrographic surveying in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. When put out of service, HNLMS Tydeman was first sold to the Nigerian Navy. However, the Nigerians did not pay.

In January 2007 Oceanwide Expeditions, a tour operator based in Vlissingen, acquired the Tydeman for 900,000 euros{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.pzc.nl/regio/bevelandentholen/3093366/Tydeman-ondergaat-metamorfose.ece Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant 8 mei 2008]. In 2008 the ship was refurbished at the Reimerswaal shipyard in Hansweert. On Saturday 14 November 2009 the Tydeman was renamed MV Plancius after Petrus Plancius (1552-1622), a Dutch cartographer. MV Plancius, sailing under Dutch flag, is used for cruises to Antarctic and Arctic waters. In May 2011 the ship was back in Hansweert for two weeks of maintenance{{in lang|nl}} [http://tydeman1.hyves.nl/ Tydeman-hyves].

The Plancius can accomodate 114 passengers in 53 cabins. She has a total crew of 45:

• 17 nautical
• 19 hotel (6 chefs, 1 hotel manager, 1 steward-barman and 11 stewards / cabin cleaners)
• 8 expedition (1 expedition leader and 7 guides-lecturers)
• 1 doctor.