Balder-class patrol vessel

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Patrouillenboot HADDA (P 805, niederl.) und Patrouillenboot HEFRING (P 806, niederl.) zur Kieler Woche 1972 (Kiel 53.320).jpg
Hadda and Hefring
Class overview
NameBalder class
Builders Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder
OperatorsNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Built1953-1955
In commission1954-1986 [1]
Planned16
Completed5
Cancelled11
General characteristics [2]
Type Patrol vessel
Displacement169 t (166 long tons)
Length36.3 m (119 ft 1 in)
Beam6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draft1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Crew27
Armament

The Balder-class patrol vessels were a class of five patrol vessels built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s at the Rijkswerf in Willemsoord, Den Helder. [3] They were paid for by the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP). [4] [5] The ships were used to patrol the Dutch coast and waterways. [6]

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History

The construction of the Balder-class patrol vessels was paid for by the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP). [4] [5] Initially the Netherlands wanted to build 16 ships, but since the United States only wanted to pay for the construction of a maximum of five ships it was decided to only build five ships. [7] The five ships of the Balder-class were constructed at the Rijkswerf in Willemsoord, Den Helder. [8] [3]

Service history

The Balder-class vessels were used to patrol the Dutch coast and waterways. [9] Furthermore, they were also used to inspect fishing vessels and enforce fishing rules and laws in Dutch territorial waters. [10] [8] In wartime the ships could escort small convoys near the Dutch coast. [6] After the retirement of the Balder-class patrol vessels in the 1980s most tasks related to the inspection of fishing vessels and enforcement of fishing rules and laws was transferred from the Royal Netherlands Navy to the newly established Netherlands Coastguard. [11] [9]

Ships in class

The vessels in this class were named after the gods in Norse mythology. [6]

Balder-class construction data [12] [13]
ShipPennant No.Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
Balder P80212 September 195324 February 19546 August 19541 January 1985Sold for scrap in 1985 to Simmeren Schroot B.V.
Bulgia P80310 October 195324 April 19549 August 1954Between 1986 and 1996 the Bulgia was used as training ship by the Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine (KIM). [8]
Freyr P80424 February 195421 July 19541 December 195428 November 1986Loaned to ZKK Gouda in 1987.
Hadda P80524 April 19542 October 19543 February 1955Sold for scrap in 1990 to the firm Westmetaal.
Hefring P80621 July 19541 December 195423 March 19551 January 1985Sold for scrap in 1985 in Groningen.

Notes

Citations

  1. ↑ Schoonoord (2012), p. 320.
  2. ↑ van Amstel (1991), p. 43.
  3. 1 2 "Patrouille-vaartuig wordt overgedragen". Het Parool (in Dutch). 3 August 1954.
  4. 1 2 "Patrouillevaartuig ,Balder' wordt overgedragen". Trouw (in Dutch). 3 August 1954.
  5. 1 2 Raven (1988), p. 127.
  6. 1 2 3 Woudstra (1982), p. 196.
  7. ↑ Schoonoord (2012), p. 58.
  8. 1 2 3 Roetering (1997), p. 136.
  9. 1 2 van Amstel (1991), p. 42.
  10. ↑ "Marine zet controle van visserijvloot op lager pitje". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 15 January 1987.
  11. ↑ Arnold Burlage (15 January 1987). "Geen geschikte schepen meer voor controle: Marine stopt met visserij-inspectie". De Telegraaf (in Dutch).
  12. ↑ van Amstel (1991), pp. 43-44.
  13. ↑ van Amstel (1991), p. 139.

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