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{{Short description|Tugboat of the Royal Netherlands Navy}}
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|Ship country=Netherlands
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|Ship name=''Orkaan''
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|Ship builder=Gebr. Fikkers, [[Martenshoek]]
|Ship laid down=1948
|Ship launched=27 January 1949
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|Ship commissioned= 7 November 1949
|Ship decommissioned= 23 May 1961
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|Header caption=<ref name="Amstel108">van Amstel (1991), p. 108.</ref>
|Ship type=[[Tugboat]]
|Ship displacement={{cvt|238|t|LT}}
|Ship length={{cvt|28.60|m|ftin}}
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|Ship draught={{convert|3.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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'''HNLMS ''Orkaan'' (A837)''' was a [[tugboat]] of the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] (RNN).<ref name="Trouw9111949">{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=9 November 1949|title= Sleepboot voor Kon. Marine |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110584730:mpeg21:a0068 |work= [[De Telegraaf]] | language=Dutch|location= |access-date=}}</ref> She served in the RNN between 1949 and 1961.<ref name="Amstel108" /> It was at the time the largest tugboat to be built in the Netherlands for the RNN.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=21 September 1949|title= Captioned image |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010886657:mpeg21:a0005 |work= [[Nieuwsblad van het Noorden]] | language=Dutch|location= |access-date=}}</ref>
== Design and construction ==
''Orkaan'' was laid down in 1948 and launched on 27 January 1949 at the shipyard of Gebr. Fikkers in [[Martenshoek]], [[Groningen]].<ref name="Amstel108" /><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=21 January 1949|title= Zeesleepboot voor de K.M.|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010936981:mpeg21:a0119 |work= [[Trouw]] | language=Dutch|location= |access-date=}}</ref> She was commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy on 7 November 1949.<ref name="Amstel108" />
The boat was equipped with a 1200 horse power [[MAN SE|MAN]] [[diesel engine]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=15 September 1949|title= Moeilijkheden voor motorsleepboot Orkaan |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010886652:mpeg21:a0067 |work= Nieuwsblad van het Noorden | language=Dutch|location= |access-date=}}</ref> This made it possible to reach a speed of up to 12 knots.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=20 January 1949|title= Zeesleepboot voor de Marine |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMSAB03:000068841:mpeg21:a0012 |work= Bredasche Courant | language=Dutch|location= |access-date=}}</ref>
== Service history ==
Besides acting as tugboat the ''Orkaan'' could also be used as [[salvage ship]] when necessary and was equipped with [[firefighting]] equipment.<ref name="Trouw9111949" /><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=9 November 1949|title= Moderne sleepboot voor de Marine |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001256110:mpeg21:a00036 |work= Overijsselsch Dagblad | language=Dutch|location= |access-date=}}</ref>
In 1954 ''Orkaan'' helped tow the [[light ship]] ''Terschellingerbank'' to [[Rotterdam]] after it collided with a ship.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1 June 1954|title= Bij mist lichtship Terschellingerbank aangevaren |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010834855:mpeg21:a0195 |work= [[Het Parool]] | language=Dutch|location= |access-date=}}</ref>
In 1961 ''Orkaan'' was sold.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=25 July 1961|title= Marine doet drie schepen van de hand |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBNRC01:000035613:mpeg21:a0043 |work= [[Algemeen Handelsblad]] | language=Dutch|location= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=25 July 1961|title= Marine houdt ook opruiming: „Piet Hein" verdwijnt |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010814727:mpeg21:a0055 |work= Trouw | language=Dutch|location= |access-date=}}</ref>
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==References==
*{{cite book |last=van Amstel |first=W.H.E. |date=1991 |title=De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945 |language=Dutch|edition= |url= |location=Alkmaar |publisher=De Alk |page= |isbn=90-6013-997-6}}
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[[Category:Tugboats of the Royal Netherlands Navy]]
[[Category:1949 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in the Netherlands]]