HNLMS Pelikaan (A801)

HNLMS Pelikaan (A801) was a logistic support vessel[lower-alpha 1] of the Royal Netherlands Navy.[3]

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Pelikaan.
HNLMS Pelikaan (A801)
HNLMS Pelikaan
Class overview
BuildersVindholmen Offshore A/S, Arendal
Operators Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded byWoerden
Succeeded byPelikaan
In service1984-2005
In commission1990-2005
History
Norway
NameKilindoni
Completed1984
Out of serviceMay 1990
IdentificationIMO number: 8321137
FateSold to the Royal Netherlands Navy
Netherlands
NamePelikaan
Operator Royal Netherlands Navy
AcquiredMay 1990
Commissioned9 October 1990
Decommissioned9 December 2005
HomeportParera Naval Base
IdentificationPennant number: A801
StatusLaid up
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General characteristics [1][2]
TypeLogistic support vessel
Displacement505 t (497 long tons) full load
Length46.23 m (151 ft 8 in)
Beam10.61 m (34 ft 10 in)
Draught2.48 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion2× 1,100 hp (820 kW) Caterpillar diesel engines
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Troops40
Complement13
Armament1× 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine gun

History

The ship was built around 1984 at the shipyard Vindholmen Offshore A/S in Arendal, Norway.[3] While originally built for a Norwegian owner, the ship was bought in 1990 by the Royal Netherlands Navy for the purpose of serving as a logistic support vessel for the Netherlands Antilles.[4] After a two-month journey, the ship arrived in Curaçao on 1 September 1990. After her arrival the ship was made ready for its new role as a logistic support vessel at the Curaçaose Dokmaatschappij.[4] She was commissioned a month later on 9 October 1990. In 2005 Pelikaan was decommissioned and replaced a year later by a new ship with the same name.[1][2]

Service history

Between 1986 and 1990 the ship was used for coastal shipping in Tanzania.[4]

Royal Netherlands Navy

In 1994 Pelikaan acted as communication ship during a jungle training exercise of the Netherlands Marine Corps.[5]

Notes
  1. In Dutch the ship was classified as "Communicatievaartuig NA", with NA standing for Netherlands Antilles.[lower-alpha 2]

Citations
  1. "HR.MS. Pelikaan A 801" (in Dutch). Onze Marinevloot. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. "Hr. Ms. Pelikaan - A801" (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. van Amstel (1991), p. 156.
  4. Hennie Harinck (10 October 1990). "Vlag en wimpel omhoog voor marineschip Pelikaan". Amigoe (in Dutch).
  5. "Mariniers naar jungletraining". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 25 May 1994.

References
  • van Amstel, W.H.E. (1991). De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945 (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-997-6.
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