Berkel-class tugboat

Berkel
Class overview
Name	Berkel class
Builders	Scheepswerf v.h H.H. Bodewes, Millingen
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy
Built	1956-1957
Completed	4
General characteristics [1]
Type	Tugboat
Displacement	163 t (160 long tons)
Length	25.10 m (82 ft 4 in)
Beam	6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft	2.20 metres (7 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	1 propeller 500 hp (370 kW) 8 cylinder Werkspoor diesel engine
Speed	10.8 knots (20.0 km/h; 12.4 mph)
Crew	5

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

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

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

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

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

Citations

1. van Amstel (1991), p. 105.
2. van Amstel (1991), pp. 105-106.
3. 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

• 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.