this weekend was again a nice weekend in Rotterdam, Wereld haven dagen (in English, World harbor days)
here the pictures of today, tomorrow the pictures will follow from last friday.
One of the newest vessels from the Pilots, the Pollux
The wheelhouse of the Castor
Engine from the Castor
Eendracht
The eyecatcher from the Wereldhavendagen 2014, the dutch navy her new pride, the Zr.Ms Karel Doorman.
specifications:
length: 204M
width: 30M
crew: 152 to 171
speed: 18 Kn
place for: 6 NH-90 helicopters or 2 Chinooks
the queue was 200M long
, we had to wait 2hours to get onboard, but it was worth it.
A FRISC and the RPA20
The vehicle deck or helicopter deck
The hospital
operation chamber
helicopter deck
HAm 317
Zr.Ms evertsen and Zr.Ms Bruinvis at the bow
our local SAR vessel the Kitty roosmale Nepvue, normally she is big in the harbor but now ....
A NH90 Heli giving a demonstration
RPA20, Fairplay ... and a tug (I forgot the name)
The Pollux and Zr.Ms Karel doorman
a very old tug the Dockyard V
The tour on the Karel Doorman was stopped, we were in the queue (again) for the long tour but after 40min of waiting they suddenly said that there were closing
, so now I did not see the bridge and a lot of other things.