Berkel-class tugboat

The Berkel class[lower-alpha 1] was a ship class of four tugboats that were built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy.[2]

Berkel
Class overview
NameBerkel class
BuildersScheepswerf v.h H.H. Bodewes, Millingen
Operators Royal Netherlands Navy
Built1956-1957
Completed4
General characteristics [1]
TypeTugboat
Displacement163 t (160 long tons)
Length25.10 m (82 ft 4 in)
Beam6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft2.20 metres (7 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed10.8 knots (20.0 km/h; 12.4 mph)
Crew5

Design and construction

The tugboats of the Berkel class were constructed at the shipyard of Scheepswerf v.h H.H. Bodewes in Millingen.[1] They were equipped with firefighting and salvage installations.[3]

Service history

During their service the tugboats of the Berkel class had as main task helping larger naval ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy during their arrival and departure from Dutch harbors.[3]

In August 1958 the four tugboats of the Berkel class together with Orkaan were used to pull the Dutch cruiser De Zeven Provinciën loose after it had run aground.[4][5]

Ships in class
Berkel class construction data[2]
Pennant no. Name Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate
Y 8037 Berkel Scheepswerf v.h H.H. Bodewes
Millingen, Netherlands		 27 April 1956 26 September 1956 27 December 1956 23 September 1987 Sold on 20 March 1988 to C. Santen
Y 8038 Dintel 22 May 1956 17 November 1956 23 January 1957 Sold on 29 March 1988 to C. Rijf
Y 8039 Dommel 29 August 1956 22 December 1956 27 February 1957 30 March 1987 Sold on 16 June 1987
Y 8040 IJssel 17 September 1956 18 January 1957 20 March 1957 Sold on 29 March 1988 to C. Santen

Notes
  1. They were also known as B class.[lower-alpha 2]

Citations
  1. van Amstel (1991), p. 105.
  2. van Amstel (1991), pp. 105-106.
  3. Woudstra (1982), p. 201.
  4. "Sleepboten van marine hadden succes: kruiser weer vlot". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 28 August 1958.
  5. "Vijf sleepboten aan het werk: zaterdag gunstigste dag voor vlottrekken". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 27 August 1958.

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.
  • Woudstra, F.G.A. (1982). Onze Koninklijke Marine (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-915-1.
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