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.
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One of the newest vessels from the Pilots, the Pollux
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The wheelhouse of the Castor
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Engine from the Castor
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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
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the queue was 200M long
, we had to wait 2hours to get onboard, but it was worth it.
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A FRISC and the RPA20
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The vehicle deck or helicopter deck
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The hospital
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operation chamber
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helicopter deck
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HAm 317
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Zr.Ms evertsen and Zr.Ms Bruinvis at the bow
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our local SAR vessel the Kitty roosmale Nepvue, normally she is big in the harbor but now ....
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A NH90 Heli giving a demonstration
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RPA20, Fairplay ... and a tug (I forgot the name)
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The Pollux and Zr.Ms Karel doorman
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a very old tug the Dockyard V
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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.