Westgat-class tugboat

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Former HNLMS Westgat as Albatros
Class overview
NameWestgat class
Builders Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder
Operators
Succeeded by Linge class
Built1967–1968
Completed2
General characteristics [1]
Type Tugboat
Displacement206 t (203 long tons)
Length27.2 m (89 ft 3 in)
Beam7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Draft2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Crew9

The Westgat class [lower-alpha 1] was a ship class of two tugboats that were built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy. [2] One of the vessels was later sold to the Belgian Navy.

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Design and construction

The tugboats of the Westgat class were constructed at the Rijkswerf in Willemsoord. [1] Both tugboats were commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1968. [2]

While the tugboats of the Westgat class were unarmed, they could be equipped with two 20 mm guns. [1] In addition, both tugboats were equipped with firefighting and salvage installations. [2]

Ships in class

Westgat class construction data [1]
Pennant no.NameBuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
A 872 Westgat Rijkswerf Willemsoord,
Den Helder, Netherlands		3 April 196722 August 196710 January 19681997 [3] Transferred to the Belgian Navy and renamed Albatros (A996) [3] [4]
A 873 Wielingen 22 August 19676 January 196831 May 1968Sold in 1992 and renamed Pieter [5] [6] [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ The class was also known in Dutch as Wielingen type. [lower-alpha 2]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 van Amstel (1991), p. 110.
  2. 1 2 3 Woudstra (1982), p. 200.
  3. 1 2 "Sleepboot Westgat onder Britse vlag". Maritiem Den Helder (in Dutch). 21 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "A 872 WESTGAT (Onbekend)". Binnenvaart.eu (in Dutch).
  5. ↑ "A 873 WIELINGEN (8865652)". Binnenvaart.eu (in Dutch).
  6. ↑ "Ex Wielingen A873". Wamandai (in Dutch).
  7. ↑ "A 873 Wielingen". Onze Marine Vloot (in Dutch).

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