Orkaan
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History | |
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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 | 1 x 20 mm machine guns |
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]
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]
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]