HNLMS Wambrau (A871)

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Flag of the Netherlands.svgNetherlands
NameWambrau [lower-alpha 1]
OperatorNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Builder Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder
Laid down24 July 1956
Launched27 August 1956
Commissioned8 January 1957
Decommissioned15 April 1987
General characteristics [1]
Type Tugboat
Displacement179 t (176 long tons)
Length26.38 m (86 ft 7 in)
Beam6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)
Draught2.45 m (8 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Speed10.8 knots (20.0 km/h; 12.4 mph)
Crew9
Armament2 x 20 mm machine guns

HNLMS Wambrau (A871) was a tugboat of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). [2] She served in the RNN between 1957 and 1987. [1]

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Construction

Wambrau was laid down on 24 July 1956 and launched on 27 August 1956 at the Rijkswerf in Den Helder. [1] The next year on 8 January 1957, she was commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy. [1]

Service history

In 1965 the HNLMS Holland collided with a freighter at sea and sustained severe damage, in response the Wambrau sailed immediately to the Holland to help with towing the destroyer back to Den Helder. [3]

Notes

  1. Wambrau means strong wind. [lower-alpha 2]
  2. "Biak, eiland met veelheid van aspecten". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 5 April 1958.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 van Amstel (1991), p. 109.
  2. Woudstra (1982), p. 199.
  3. "Jager Holland werd gekraakt door Deense vrachtvaarder: met zware schade in Den Helder". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 11 June 1965.

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