Linge-class tugboat

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Hunze and Gouwe towing HNLMS Tromp (centre)
Class overview
NameLinge class
Builders
OperatorsNaval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded by Westgat class
Succeeded by Noordzee class
Built1986–1997
In commission1987–present
Planned5
Completed5
Active1
General characteristics [1]
Type Tugboat
Displacement200 t (200 long tons)
Length27.5 m (90 ft 3 in)
Beam7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Draught2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
Speed11 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]

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History

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.

Replacement

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.


Ships in class

Hull numberNameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStatusPicture
A874 Linge Shipyard Bijlsma, Warten (Hull)

Delta Shipyard, Sliedrecht (Fitting out)

15 November 198620 February 1987February 2016Sold Noordzee sleepboot 2016-3 (cropped).jpg
A875 Regge 10 January 19866 May 1987February 2016Sold Sail Amsterdam - IJplein - View South.jpg
A876 Hunze 17 December 198620 October 1987February 2016Sold Ook-spuitende-sleepboten-en-andere-marineschepen-zetten-de-aankomst-van-de-de-holland-luister-bij.jpg
A877 Rotte 23 June 198720 October 1987February 2016Sold Rotterdam Havendagen 2009 - A877 Hr Ms Rotte.jpg
A878 Gouwe 25 November 199621 February 1997In active service GOUWE (50397529306).jpg

Namesakes

All the ships are named after rivers with five letters ending with an e in The Netherlands:

Notes

  1. ↑ The class is also known in Dutch as Delta tug 2750 type. [lower-alpha 2]

Citations

  1. ↑ van Amstel, p. 110.
  2. 1 2 "Lingeklasse sleepboten" (in Dutch). Marineschepen.nl. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Nieuwe sleepboot Noordzee aangekomen in Den Helder" (in Dutch). Marineschepen.nl. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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