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Puzzle #86 was HNLMS Johan de Witt.
HNLMS Johan de Witt is the second Rotterdam-class landing platform dock of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is an improved design of Rotterdam, which was designed in conjunction between the Netherlands and Spain. The ship, displacing 16,800 tons, was launched on 13 May 2006.
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What the record says
Puzzle 86 ran on 3 Oct 2026 and the answer was HNLMS Johan de Witt, played with 6 guesses against 7 columns. On the record: Type - other; Flag - Netherlands; Tonnage - 10-50k; Builder - Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. The numbers: Launched - 2000; Length - 176 m. 1 of the 7 columns is blank in the source (Status), so nobody could score it either way.
The photograph is by Jason Morris, U.S. Navy, licensed Public domain.
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How it scored
- Type
- other
- Flag
- Netherlands
- Launched
- 2000
- Tonnage
- 10-50k
- Length
- 176 m
- Status
- Not recorded
- Builder
- Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding