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Berkel-class tugboat

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Berkel
Class overview
NameBerkel class
BuildersScheepswerf v.h H.H. Bodewes, Millingen
Operators Royal Netherlands Navy
Built1956-1957
Completed4
General characteristics [1]
TypeTugboat
Displacement163 t (160 long tons)
Length25.10 m (82 ft 4 in)
Beam6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft2.20 metres (7 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed10.8 knots (20.0 km/h; 12.4 mph)
Crew5

The Berkel class[a] was a ship class of four tugboats that were built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy.[2]

Design and construction

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The tugboats of the Berkel class were constructed at the shipyard of Scheepswerf v.h H.H. Bodewes in Millingen.[1] They were equipped with firefighting and salvage installations.[3]

Service history

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During their service the tugboats of the Berkel class had as main task helping larger naval ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy during their arrival and departure from Dutch harbors.[3]

In August 1958 the four tugboats of the Berkel class together with Orkaan were used to pull the Dutch cruiser De Zeven Provinciën loose after it had run aground.[4][5]

Ships in class

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Berkel class construction data[2]
Pennant no. Name Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate
Y 8037 Berkel Scheepswerf v.h H.H. Bodewes
Millingen, Netherlands
27 April 1956 26 September 1956 27 December 1956 23 September 1987 Sold on 20 March 1988 to C. Santen
Y 8038 Dintel 22 May 1956 17 November 1956 23 January 1957 Sold on 29 March 1988 to C. Rijf
Y 8039 Dommel 29 August 1956 22 December 1956 27 February 1957 30 March 1987 Sold on 16 June 1987
Y 8040 IJssel 17 September 1956 18 January 1957 20 March 1957 Sold on 29 March 1988 to C. Santen

Notes

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  1. ^ They were also known as B class.[3]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b van Amstel (1991), p. 105.
  2. ^ a b van Amstel (1991), pp. 105-106.
  3. ^ a b c Woudstra (1982), p. 201.
  4. ^ "Sleepboten van marine hadden succes: kruiser weer vlot". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 28 August 1958.
  5. ^ "Vijf sleepboten aan het werk: zaterdag gunstigste dag voor vlottrekken". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 27 August 1958.

References

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  • van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945 (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-997-6.
  • Woudstra, F.G.A. (1982). Onze Koninklijke Marine (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-915-1.