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Y8019 Balgzand
Class overview
Name	Breezand class
Builders	Delta Shipyard
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy
Built	1988–1989
In commission	1989–present
Planned	2
Completed	2
Active	2
General characteristics
Type	Harbour tugboat
Tonnage	74.50 GT
Length	16.53 m (54 ft 3 in)
Beam	5.32 m (17 ft 5 in)
Draught	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 × 760 hp (570 kW) Volvo Penta diesel engines
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (maximum)
Crew	3

The Breezand class are a class of tugboats used by the Royal Netherlands Navy, primarily to dock their smaller ships at the Nieuwe Haven Naval Base. In winter they are also used as icebreakers.

Ships in class

Namesakes

The ships are named after locations near Den Helder:

• HNLMS Breezand's namesake is: The village of Breezand
• HNLMS Balgzand's namesake is: The nature reserve Balgzand

Notes

1. The class is also known in Dutch as the Werf class.

Citations

1. "Sleepboten - Materieel - Defensie.nl". 23 November 2023.
2. "Sleepboten" (in Dutch). Ministerie van Defensie. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
3. "Sleepboot heeft het druk met ijs breken" (in Dutch). RTV Noord. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
4. ^ van Amstel, p. 111.
5. "Y 8018 BREEZAND" (in Dutch). Binnenvaart.eu. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
6. "Y 8019 BALGZAND" (in Dutch). Binnenvaart.eu. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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.

• Tugboats of the Royal Netherlands Navy