| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Vindholmen Offshore A/S, Arendal |
| Operators: | |
| Preceded by: | Woerden |
| Succeeded by: | Pelikaan |
| In service: | 1984-2005 |
| In commission: | 1990-2005 |
| Career (Norway) |  |
| Name: | Kilindoni |
| Completed: | 1984 |
| Out of service: | May 1990 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8321137 |
| Fate: | Sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Career (Netherlands) |  |
| Name: | Pelikaan |
| Operator: |
 Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Acquired: | May 1990 |
| Commissioned: | 9 October 1990 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 December 2005 |
| Homeport: | Parera Naval Base |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | Laid up |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type: | Logistic support vessel |
| Displacement: | 505 t (497 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 46.23 m (151 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 10.61 m (34 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 2.48 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2Ć 1,100 hp (820 kW) Caterpillar diesel engines |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Troops: | 40 |
| Complement: | 13 |
| Armament: | 1Ć 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine gun |
HNLMS Pelikaan (A801) was a logistic support vessel[lower-alpha 1] of the Royal Netherlands Navy.[3]
History[]
The ship was built around 1984 at the shipyard Vindholmen Offshore A/S in Arendal, Norway.[3] While originally built for a Norwegian owner, the ship was bought in 1990 by the Royal Netherlands Navy for the purpose of serving as a logistic support vessel for the Netherlands Antilles.[4] After a two-month journey, the ship arrived in CuraƧao on 1 September 1990. After her arrival the ship was made ready for its new role as a logistic support vessel at the CuraƧaose Dokmaatschappij.[4] She was commissioned a month later on 9 October 1990. In 2005 Pelikaan was decommissioned and replaced a year later by a new ship with the same name.[1][2]
Service history[]
Between 1986 and 1990 the ship was used for coastal shipping in Tanzania.[4]
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In 1994 Pelikaan acted as communication ship during a jungle training exercise of the Netherlands Marine Corps.[5]
Notes[]
Citations[]
- ā 1.0 1.1 "HR.MS. Pelikaan A 801" (in nl). Onze Marinevloot. https://onzemarinevloot.weebly.com/pelikaan-a-801.html.
- ā 2.0 2.1 "Hr. Ms. Pelikaan - A801" (in nl). https://www.facebook.com/A801Pelikaan/photos?locale=nl_NL.
- ā 3.0 3.1 3.2 van Amstel (1991), p. 156.
- ā 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hennie Harinck (10 October 1990). "Vlag en wimpel omhoog voor marineschip Pelikaan" (in Dutch). Amigoe. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010642200:mpeg21:p012.
- ā "Mariniers naar jungletraining" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 25 May 1994. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011005093:mpeg21:a0148.
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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