| Orkaan_over_naar_de_Koninklijke_marine,_Bestanddeelnr_903-6371.jpg Orkaan | |
| Career (Netherlands) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Orkaan |
| Operator: |
 Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Builder: | Gebr. Fikkers, Martenshoek |
| Laid down: | 1948 |
| Launched: | 27 January 1949 |
| Commissioned: | 7 November 1949 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 May 1961 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 5402887 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Tugboat |
| Displacement: | 238 t (234 long tons) |
| Length: | 28.60 m (93 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in) |
| Draught: | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Armament: |
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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[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 van Amstel (1991), p. 108.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sleepboot voor Kon. Marine" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 9 November 1949. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110584730:mpeg21:a0068.
- ↑ "Captioned image" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 21 September 1949. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010886657:mpeg21:a0005.
- ↑ "Zeesleepboot voor de K.M." (in Dutch). Trouw. 21 January 1949. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010936981:mpeg21:a0119.
- ↑ "Moeilijkheden voor motorsleepboot Orkaan" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 15 September 1949. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010886652:mpeg21:a0067.
- ↑ "Zeesleepboot voor de Marine" (in Dutch). Bredasche Courant. 20 January 1949. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMSAB03:000068841:mpeg21:a0012.
- ↑ "Moderne sleepboot voor de Marine" (in Dutch). Overijsselsch Dagblad. 9 November 1949. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001256110:mpeg21:a00036.
- ↑ "Bij mist lichtship Terschellingerbank aangevaren" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 1 June 1954. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010834855:mpeg21:a0195.
- ↑ "Marine doet drie schepen van de hand" (in Dutch). Algemeen Handelsblad. 25 July 1961. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBNRC01:000035613:mpeg21:a0043.
- ↑ "Marine houdt ook opruiming: „Piet Hein" verdwijnt" (in Dutch). Trouw. 25 July 1961. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010814727:mpeg21:a0055.
References[]
- van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991) (in Dutch). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-997-6.
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