Y8019 Balgzand | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Breezand class |
Builders | Delta Shipyard |
Operators | Royal Netherlands Navy |
Built | 1988–1989 |
In commission | 1989–present |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Active | 2 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Harbour tugboat |
Tonnage | 74.50 GT |
Length | 16.53 m (54 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 5.32 m (17 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × 760 hp (570 kW) Volvo Penta diesel engines |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (maximum) |
Crew | 3 |
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]
Hull number | Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Status | Notes |
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Y 8018 | Breezand | Delta Shipyard, Sliedrecht | 22 November 1989 | 1 December 1989 | In active service | [5] |
Y 8019 | Balgzand | 2 January 1990 | 12 January 1990 | In active service | [6] |
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