Hunze and Gouwe towing HNLMS Tromp (centre) | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Linge class |
Builders |
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Operators | Royal Netherlands Navy |
Succeeded by | Noordzee class |
Built | 1986–1997 |
In commission | 1987–present |
Planned | 5 |
Completed | 5 |
Active | 1 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Tugboat |
Displacement | 200 t (200 long tons) |
Length | 27.5 m (90 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
The Linge class [lower-alpha 1] are a series of tugboats used by the Royal Netherlands Navy to dock their larger ships at the Nieuwe Haven Naval Base. [2]
The first four ships were built by Shipyard Bijlsma and Delta shipyard in the Netherlands and commissioned in the year 1987. Ten years later another ship, Gouwe, was built by these shipyards and commissioned in 1997. As an avocation to their main purpose they are used for trips with guests around the harbour.
It was decided that these ships were not capable enough anymore to handle the newer larger vessels like HNLMS Karel Doorman. The four oldest ships would be replaced by three Damen built hybrid tugboats, the Noordzee class. [2]
Although with the arrival of the first replacement, HNLMS Noordzee, the old tugboats did not prove completely useless when the power onboard Noordzee shut off due to contaminated fuel along the coast of North-Holland and Hunze had to assist. [3]
The first four ships were sold to MTS Towage in Brixham and Falmouth in the United Kingdom.
Hull number | Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status | Picture |
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A874 | Linge | Shipyard Bijlsma, Warten (Hull) Delta Shipyard, Sliedrecht (Fitting out) | 15 November 1986 | 20 February 1987 | February 2016 | Sold | |
A875 | Regge | 10 January 1986 | 6 May 1987 | February 2016 | Sold | ||
A876 | Hunze | 17 December 1986 | 20 October 1987 | February 2016 | Sold | ||
A877 | Rotte | 23 June 1987 | 20 October 1987 | February 2016 | Sold | ||
A878 | Gouwe | 25 November 1996 | 21 February 1997 | In active service |
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