HNLMS Pelikaan (A804)
 HNLMS Pelikaan off the coast of Klein Bonaire
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Damen Group yard, Galați, Romania |
| Operators |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Preceded by | Pelikaan |
| Built | 2005–2006 |
| In commission | 2006–present |
| Planned | 1 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Active | 1 |
| History | |
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Pelikaan |
| Ordered | 10 January 2005 |
| Laid down | 25 August 2005 |
| Launched | 7 February 2006 |
| Commissioned | 12 June 2006 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service |
| Badge | .svg) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Logistic support vessel |
| Displacement | 1,700 t (1,673 long tons) full load |
| Length | 65.4 m (214 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 13.25 m (43 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | 2× Caterpillar 3516 BTA diesel engines |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 6 RIBs |
| Troops | 62 |
| Complement | 15 |
| Armament | 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns |
HNLMS Pelikaan (A804) is a
Design and description
Pelikaan is a
The ship is armed with two single-mounted 12.7-millimetre (0.50 in) machine guns. Pelikaan has a large cargo area located on the main deck. The area, serviced by a large electro-hydraulic
History
The Royal Netherlands Navy placed an order with Damen Shipbuilding for a replacement for the existing logistic support vessel operating in the Caribbean, HNLMS Pelikaan (A801), on 10 January 2005.[2] The vessel's hull was constructed at the Damen shipyard in Galați, Romania with the keel laid down on 25 August 2005 and launched on 7 February 2006. The hull was then taken to Gorinchem, Netherlands to be completed and Pelikaan was commissioned on 12 June 2006.[1]
In January 2010, the ship arrived at Port-au-Prince with relief supplies for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[5] She was the first ship to use the Port international de Port-au-Prince after the quake.[6] On 14 November 2011, Pelikaan recovered two castaways 200 kilometres (120 mi) off the coast of Martinique. In March 2013, Pelikaan sailed to Saba to provide drinking water after the island suffered a serious drought.[4]
In 2015, Pelikaan provided support to
In January 2018, the Royal Netherlands Navy contracted COTECMAR to carry out maintenance work for the ship at their yard in Cartagena, Colombia.[8] Pelikaan underwent modernisation in 2020 in the Netherlands.[4]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g Saunders 2009, p. 556.
- ^ a b c d e f g Wertheim 2013, pp. 480–481.
- ^ "Commander Netherlands Forces in the Caribbean". Royal Netherlands Navy. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Marineschepen.
- ^ "Haiti earthquake: Thursday news updates". CNN. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Haiti: main port back in use by Friday". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Sint Maarten aid effort starts after Irma, with a second hurricane on its way". DutchNews.nl. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Países Bajos contrata con Cotecmar el mantenimiento del buque Pelikaan". Infodefensa.com (in Spanish). 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
References
- "Pelikaan klasse ondersteuningsvaartuig ("Pelican class support vessel")". marineschepen.nl (in Dutch). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010 (112th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: Jane's Information Group Inc. ISBN 978-0-7106-2888-6.
- Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World (16th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9-7-815911-4954-5.
External links
Media related to IMO 8994166 at Wikimedia Commons