Former HNLMS Westgat as Albatros
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Class overview | |
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Name | Westgat class |
Builders | Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder |
Operators | |
Built | 1967–1968 |
Completed | 2 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Tugboat |
Displacement | 206 t (203 long tons) |
Length | 27.2 m (89 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Crew | 9 |
The Westgat class[a] 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.
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]
Pennant no. | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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A 872 | Westgat | Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder, Netherlands |
3 April 1967 | 22 August 1967 | 10 January 1968 | 1997[3] | Transferred to the Belgian Navy and renamed Albatros (A996)[3][4] |
A 873 | Wielingen | 22 August 1967 | 6 January 1968 | 31 May 1968 | Sold in 1992 and renamed Pieter[5][6][7] |