HNLMS Orkaan (A837) was a tugboat of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN).[2] She served in the RNN between 1949 and 1961.[1] It was at the time the largest tugboat to be built in the Netherlands for the RNN.[3]

Design and construction

Orkaan was laid down in 1948 and launched on 27 January 1949 at the shipyard of Gebr. Fikkers in Martenshoek, Groningen.[1][4] She was commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy on 7 November 1949.[1]

The boat was equipped with a 1200 horse power MAN diesel engine.[5] This made it possible to reach a speed of up to 12 knots.[6]

Service history

Besides acting as tugboat the Orkaan could also be used as salvage ship when necessary and was equipped with firefighting equipment.[2][7]

In 1954 Orkaan helped tow the light ship Terschellingerbank to Rotterdam after it collided with a ship.[8]

In 1961 Orkaan was sold.[9][10]

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d van Amstel (1991), p. 108.
  2. ^ a b "Sleepboot voor Kon. Marine". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 9 November 1949.
  3. ^ "Captioned image". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 21 September 1949.
  4. ^ "Zeesleepboot voor de K.M." Trouw (in Dutch). 21 January 1949.
  5. ^ "Moeilijkheden voor motorsleepboot Orkaan". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 15 September 1949.
  6. ^ "Zeesleepboot voor de Marine". Bredasche Courant (in Dutch). 20 January 1949.
  7. ^ "Moderne sleepboot voor de Marine". Overijsselsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 9 November 1949.
  8. ^ "Bij mist lichtship Terschellingerbank aangevaren". Het Parool (in Dutch). 1 June 1954.
  9. ^ "Marine doet drie schepen van de hand". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 25 July 1961.
  10. ^ "Marine houdt ook opruiming: „Piet Hein" verdwijnt". Trouw (in Dutch). 25 July 1961.

References

  • van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945 (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-997-6.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Orkaan_(A837)
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