Name HNLMS Pelikaan (A804) Beam 13.2 m (43 ft) Length 65 m Builder Damen Group | Commissioned 12 June 2006 Launched 2006 Draft 3 m | |
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Status in active service, as of 2012 Type Logistic support vessel Displacement 1,150 t (1,132 long tons) full load | ||
HNLMS Pelikaan (A804) is a logistic support vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built and designed specially for the Caribbean Sea, and is permanently based at Curaçao. She entered service on 12 June 2006. The vessel has the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Classification 1A1 E0 NAUT-OC ICS CRANE.
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Tasks
The ship's primary purpose is to provide humanitarian assistance during natural disasters. It can also serve as a command centre for amphibious operations, and transport amphibious troops. For these tasks it is equipped with two deck cranes, one 25t/11m and one 7t/14m, two cargo spaces with hatch covers suitable for dangerous goods, a 6m fast RHIB with outboard engine, an ammunition store, a small arms store, a deck store and a boatswain store, as well as an engine room workshop and an electronics workshop.
History
On 18 January 2010, the ship arrived at Port-au-Prince with relief supplies for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. She was the first ship to use the Port international de Port-au-Prince after the quake.