New lifeboats for KNRM
Two Dutch fast rescue craft have been delivered to the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM), despite having navigational equipment stolen prior to delivery.
The FRCs were built in the Netherlands at Habbeké Shipyard to a design from Pieter Meuzelaar at Dutch Special Marine Group.
They are able to accommodate a crew of four and can carry up to 20 rescued passengers. The boats have a length of 9.15m, a width of 3.30m and reach a maximum speed of 34 knots. They’re equipped with a Volvo D6-435 engine and an Ultra 377 water-jet.
Despite the fact that the vessels made the national news recently after all navigation and communication equipment was stolen from them, the efforts of the yard meant that the vessels boats were still delivered to the KNRM on time.
Habbeké has nearly forty years experience of quality shipbuilding and it builds exclusively in aluminium. The yard has recently been offering a larger range of pilot boats and crew tenders.
Its latest line of crew tenders has been built to operate in extremely varied conditions, from high speed personnel transfers vessels in adverse weather conditions to busy confined spaces like harbours where they need to be able to withstand severe buffeting when going alongside ships or wharves.
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