HNLMS Pelikaan (A801)
Logistic support vessel
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HNLMS Pelikaan (A801) was a logistic support vessel[a] of the Royal Netherlands Navy.[3]
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Royal Netherlands NavyHNLMS Pelikaan | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Vindholmen Offshore A/S, Arendal |
| Operators | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Preceded by | Woerden |
| Succeeded by | Pelikaan |
| In service | 1984-2005 |
| In commission | 1990-2005 |
| History | |
 Norway | |
| Name | Kilindoni |
| Completed | 1984 |
| Out of service | May 1990 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8321137 |
| Fate | Sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy |
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Pelikaan |
| Operator | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Acquired | May 1990 |
| Commissioned | 9 October 1990 |
| Decommissioned | 9 December 2005 |
| Home port | Parera Naval Base |
| Identification | Pennant number: A801 |
| Status | Laid up |
| Badge | .svg) |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type | Logistic support vessel |
| Displacement | 505 t (497 long tons) full load |
| Length | 46.23 m (151 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 10.61 m (34 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 2.48 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | 2× 1,100 hp (820 kW) Caterpillar diesel engines |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Troops | 40 |
| Complement | 13 |
| Armament | 1× 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]