HNLMS Pelikaan (A801) was a logistic support vessel[a] of the Royal Netherlands Navy.[3]
.jpg) HNLMS Pelikaan
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Vindholmen Offshore A/S, Arendal |
| Operators |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Preceded by | Woerden |
| Succeeded by | Pelikaan |
| In service | 1984-2005 |
| In commission | 1990-2005 |
| History | |
 Norway | |
| Name | Kilindoni |
| Completed | 1984 |
| Out of service | May 1990 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8321137 |
| Fate | Sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy |
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Pelikaan |
| Operator | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Acquired | May 1990 |
| Commissioned | 9 October 1990 |
| Decommissioned | 9 December 2005 |
| Homeport | Parera Naval Base |
| Identification | Pennant number: A801 |
| Status | Laid up |
| Badge | .svg) |
| 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 | 2× 1,100 hp (820 kW) Caterpillar diesel engines |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Troops | 40 |
| Complement | 13 |
| Armament | 1× 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine gun |
History edit
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 Curaçao on 1 September 1990. After her arrival the ship was made ready for its new role as a logistic support vessel at the Curaçaose 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 edit
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 edit
- ^ In Dutch the ship was classified as "Communicatievaartuig NA", with NA standing for Netherlands Antilles.[3]
Citations edit
- ^ a b "HR.MS. Pelikaan A 801" (in Dutch). Onze Marinevloot. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Hr. Ms. Pelikaan - A801" (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ a b c van Amstel (1991), p. 156.
- ^ a b c Hennie Harinck (10 October 1990). "Vlag en wimpel omhoog voor marineschip Pelikaan". Amigoe (in Dutch).
- ^ "Mariniers naar jungletraining". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 25 May 1994.
References edit
- van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945 (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-997-6.