Breezand-class tugboat

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Y8019 Balgzand
Class overview
NameBreezand class
Builders Delta Shipyard
OperatorsNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Built1988–1989
In commission1989–present
Planned2
Completed2
Active2
General characteristics [1]
Type Harbour tugboat
Tonnage74.50  GT
Length16.53 m (54 ft 3 in)
Beam5.32 m (17 ft 5 in)
Draught1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion2 × 760 hp (570 kW) Volvo Penta diesel engines
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (maximum)
Crew3

The Breezand class [lower-alpha 1] are a class of tugboats used by the Royal Netherlands Navy, primarily to dock their smaller ships at the Nieuwe Haven Naval Base. [2] In winter they are also used as icebreakers. [3]

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Ships in class

Breezand class construction data [4]
Hull numberNameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedStatusNotes
Y 8018 Breezand Delta Shipyard, Sliedrecht 22 November 19891 December 1989In active service [5]
Y 8019 Balgzand 2 January 199012 January 1990In active service [6]

Namesakes

The ships are named after locations near Den Helder:

Notes

  1. ↑ The class is also known in Dutch as the Werf class. [lower-alpha 2]

Citations

  1. ↑ "Sleepboten - Materieel - Defensie.nl". 23 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Sleepboten" (in Dutch). Ministerie van Defensie. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sleepboot heeft het druk met ijs breken" (in Dutch). RTV Noord. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ↑ van Amstel, p. 111.
  5. ↑ "Y 8018 BREEZAND" (in Dutch). Binnenvaart.eu. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Y 8019 BALGZAND" (in Dutch). Binnenvaart.eu. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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