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Finnish pollution control vessel Hylje

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Name
  
Hylje

Status
  
In service

Length
  
64 m

Builder
  
Turku

Refit
  
1990-1991

Launched
  
1981

Weight
  
1,400 tons

Finnish pollution control vessel Hylje httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Operator
  
Finnish Ministry of the Environment

Identification
  
IMO 8006804 Call sign OIMG MMSI 230353000

Type
  
Oil spill response vessel

Hylje (799) is a combined pollution cleanup ship and vehicle transport ship built in 1981 and refitted in 1990–1991. She is operated by a civilian crew from the Ministry of the Environment, but is under Finnish Navy control. The vessel can act as a landing ship and logistic support vessel. The vessel has a capacity to carry 100 tons of deck cargo and its bow ramp can unload vehicles up to 42 tons. The vessel is equipped with oil and oil-slurry collection tanks with a total capacity of 1,410 cubic metres (50,000 cu ft). The vessel can be operated in light ice. Hylje is equipped with a 6-ton crane.

References

Finnish pollution control vessel Hylje Wikipedia