Name

Type

Call sign

Flag

Port of registry

GT

NT

Length

Breadth

Draught

Depth

Speed

Built

Keel laid

Delivered

Builder

Yard number

Hull material

Main engine

Propulsion

Steering Gear

Generator sets

Fuel capacity

Nautical and safety

Crew

Operator

MERCURY

Pilot boat - High speed tender

PCDD

The Netherlands

Rotterdam

54 t

16 t

21,17 m over all

17,414 m between perpendiculars

6,34 m

1,09 m

2,80 m moulded

28,0 knots

1999

14.05.1998

31.05.1999

Engelaer Scheepsbouw B.V.
Beneden-Leeuwen

The Netherlands

790

Hull aluminium superstructure welded aluminium frame

2x Caterpillar 3412 E Ditta - 4 stroke 12 cylinder diesel engine - each output 720 kW at 2.100 rpm

2x Waterjets Hamilton type HM 571 with a reduction gear 1.85:1, ZF type BU 250

Electric/hydraulic (wheel and lever)

1x ONAN type MDKAE - 4 cylinder diesel engine -16 kW at 1.500 rpm

3,2 t

2x "Sailor" type RT 2048 receiver/transmitters

Leica DGPS type LMX 400

GMDSS type Sailor VHR DSC RM 2042

Raytheon Navtex, type NCR 300 A

Gyro stabilized "Bridgemaster 180" Decca radar + slave

Anschütz gyro compass

Magnetic compass

Robertson automatic pilot, type AP9 MK II + rudder indicator

Electric/hydraulic steering system for waterjet buckets

Echo sounder

Sanshin searchlight - CSI electronic alarm system

2 x lifeboats for 16 persons each boat

3 Crew + 12 pilots

Loodswezen Rotterdam-Rijnmond
Markweg 200
3198 NB Europoort – Rotterdam
The Netherlands