HNLMS Poolster (A835)
{{Short description|Royal Netherlands Navy ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Bevoorradingsschip voor de Koninklijke Marine de Poolster bij de steiger van de , Bestanddeelnr 916-8616.jpg | Ship caption = HNLMS Poolster }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Poolster class | Builders = RDM, Rotterdam | Operators = {{navy|Netherlands}} (Formerly) {{navy|Pakistan}} | Class before = | Class after = {{HNLMS|Amsterdam|A836|6}} | Subclasses = {{HNLMS|Zuiderkruis|A832|6}} | Cost = ƒ22m (1962 prices){{cite web|author=L. de Koning |url=https://www.digibron.nl/search/detail/012dfc18dea3e1b3904c164e/poolster-kwart-eeuw-geleden-in-dienst |title=Poolster kwart eeuw geleden in dienst |publisher=Digibron |date=1990-02-19 |access-date=2018-01-08}} | Built range = 1962–1964 | In service range = 1964-present | In commission range = 1964-present | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 1 | Total ships completed = 1 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = 1 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Netherlands | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Netherlands|naval}} | Ship name = Poolster | Ship namesake = Pole star | Ship ordered = 1961 | Ship builder = Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij | Ship laid down = 19 September 1962 | Ship launched = 16 October 1963 | Ship commissioned = 29 June 1964 | Ship decommissioned = 28 July 1994 | Ship identification = A835 | Ship fate = Sold to Pakistan in 1994 | Ship motto = Uw wil geschiede (Thy will be done) | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = Pakistan | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Pakistan|naval}} | Ship name = Moawin | Ship namesake = | Ship acquired = 28 July 1994 | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = |Ship in service | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|4902505}}
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HNLMS Poolster ({{langx|nl|Hr.Ms. Poolster}}) was a replenishment ship serving with the Royal Netherlands Navy. Poolster entered service on 29 June 1964. In 1994 she was decommissioned and sold to the Pakistan Navy where the ship was renamed Moawin. A later replenishment ship {{HNLMS|Zuiderkruis|A832|2}} was based on Poolster. In the Dutch navy she was replaced by the replenishment ship {{HNLMS|Amsterdam|A836|2}}. She was the first ship in the Dutch navy with inbuilt protection against radioactive fallout.
History
In 1960 the Royal Netherlands Navy noted that it needed a replenishment ship, after chartering earlier that year the turbine tanker Mijndrecht (of the shipping company Phs. van Ommeren) for a trip around the world with several Dutch navy ships.{{cite web|author=Jaime Karremann |url=https://marineschepen.nl/schepen/poolster.html |title=Poolster bevoorradingsschip |publisher=Marineschepen.nl |date=2015-02-20 |access-date=2018-01-08}} The replenishment ship allowed the Royal Netherlands Navy to supply its ship during long trips to different locations in the world, as well as during lengthy exercises. For example, in the context of NATO, to check the readiness of allied navies and to see how good they complement each other. At the end of 1961 the official order was given by the Dutch navy to build a replenishment ship. The design was done in-house by the Royal Netherlands Navy itself, while the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij (RDM) got the order of actually building the ship. On 17 July 1962 the navy announced that the ship would be called Poolster, the same name as {{HNLMS|Poolster|1939|3}} of the Government Navy, which was active when the Dutch East Indies was still a colony of the Netherlands. On 18 September 1962 the keel of Poolster was laid down at one of the docks of RDM. On 16 October 1963 at 4:30 pm the ship was launched. After Poolster was commissioned on 29 June 1964 extensive trial runs took place until the Dutch navy concluded in September 1964 that the ship had withstood the tests successfully. The first real supply at sea of Poolster happened on 14 October 1964, when Poolster supplied the HNLMS Van Ewijck.
Design
During the designing phase the Royal Netherlands Navy expressed in their requirements that Poolster should not only be a tanker, but the ship also had to serve other purposes, such as transporting food, allow the landing of helicopters and transporting warehouse items.Woudstra, p.62 This resulted in the large water displacement of the ship (16,800 tons) and made Poolster the largest ship of the Dutch navy at the time. Another first was that Poolster had protection against radioactive fall-out. To deliver supplies Poolster had seven delivery points; two in front of the bridge, two behind the bridge, two in front of the flight deck and one behind the flight deck. To move supplies around the ship, the vessel had several loading trees which were based on both the English system as well as the American system (high tensioning gear). The ship also had cranes to lift and move supplies into the hangar. Besides a hangar, Poolster had several tanks which could be used for storing fluids such as water and oil.Amstel, 93. The accommodation of the ship was spacious in comparison to other Dutch navy ships, each room contained enough beds to accommodate twelve persons. Furthermore, there was room for a table and several chairs. In addition there was accommodation for women in the navy.{{cite web|author=Johan Journée |url=http://www.rdm-archief.nl/RDM-NB/307-Wetenswaardigheden.pdf |title=Wetenswaardigheden over Hr. Ms. "Poolster" |publisher=RDM-collectie |access-date=2018-01-08}} Poolster had a landing deck at the back of the ship which could accommodate two helicopters, which allowed helicopters to move supplies quickly through the air to their destination.
Dutch service history
In July 1976 Poolster, together with the frigates {{ship|HNLMS|Tromp|F801|2}}, {{ship|HNLMS|Van Nes|F805|2}}, {{ship|HNLMS|Van Galen|F803|2}}, the destroyers {{HNLMS|Holland|D808|2}}, {{HNLMS|Zeeland|D809|2}} and the submarine {{HNLMS|Dolfijn|S808|2}} visited New York City in commemoration of the city's 200th anniversary.{{cite web |title=Poolster bevoorradingsschip |url=https://marineschepen.nl/schepen/poolster.html |access-date=17 June 2018 |work=www.marineschepen.nl}}
On 8 June 1977 Poolster, with the frigate {{ship|HNLMS|Tromp|F801|2}} and destroyers {{ship|HNLMS|Groningen|D813|2}} and {{ship|HNLMS|Overijssel|D815|2}}, visited Leningrad.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1977|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1977|access-date= 4 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150705194025/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1977|archive-date= 5 July 2015|url-status= dead}}
On 12 March 1979 she and the frigates Tromp and {{HNLMS|Kortenaer|F807|2}} and the destroyer {{ship|HNLMS|Drenthe|D816|2}} departed for a trip to the Far East to show the flag.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1979|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1979|access-date= 4 July 2015|archive-date= 5 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150705192424/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1979|url-status= dead}}
The frigates {{ship|HNLMS|De Ruyter|F806|2}}, {{HNLMS|Callenburgh|F808|2}}, {{HNLMS|Jan van Brakel|F825|2}}, {{HNLMS|Van Kinsbergen|F809|2}} and Poolster departed from Den Helder on 13 January 1986 for a trip to the Far East to show the flag and promote Dutch trade. The ships returned on 19 June.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1986|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1986|access-date= 4 July 2015|archive-date= 5 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150705195111/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1986|url-status= dead}}
She was the last ship in the Dutch navy powered by steam turbines.{{cite web|url= http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1994|title= scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1994|access-date= 4 July 2015|archive-date= 5 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150705153910/http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/knowledgebase/calendar%7C1994|url-status= dead}}
Pakistan service
{{other ships|PNS Moawin}}
In 1988, the Pakistan Navy entered in negotiation with the Royal Netherlands Navy, and the transfer took place in April 1989.{{rp|97}}{{cite book |last1=Cheema |first1=Pervaiz Iqbal |title=The Armed Forces of Pakistan |date=2002 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=9780814716335 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyRv5oC&q=PNS+moawin&pg=PA97 |access-date=20 October 2018 |language=en |format=google books |chapter={{small|(Evolution of Navy)}}}} HNLMS Poolster was decommissioned on 28 July 1994 and transferred to the Pakistan Navy which renamed her Moawin.
= 2005 fire incident =
On 10 March 2005, Moawin caught fire while undergoing maintenance at Karachi Naval Dockyard.{{cite news |date=March 11, 2005 |title=6 Die, 95 Hurt In Pakistan Naval Facility Fire |work=Arab News |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/263582}}{{cite news |date=March 11, 2005 |title=Six killed after fire breaks out in fleet tanker |work=Gulf News |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/six-killed-after-fire-breaks-out-in-fleet-tanker-1.280306}}{{cite news |date=March 17, 2005 |title=Pakistan ship fire toll reaches 35 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/pakistan-ship-fire-toll-reaches-35-20050317-gdky1k.html}}{{cite news |date=16 March 2005 |title=Karachi navy fire deaths hit 35 |work=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4354875.stm}} At least 53 people died, including nine officers, 34 sailors and 10 civilians and 59 people were injured, including three officers, 23 sailors and 33 civilians.{{cite news |date=June 18, 2005 |title=53 died in March fire on PN ship, Senate told |work=Dawn |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/144100/53-died-in-march-fire-on-pn-ship-senate-told}}
Moawin was scrapped at Gadani Beach on 21 April 2019.{{csr|register=MSI|id=4902505|shipname=Poolster|accessdate=22 April 2021}}
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book|last=W.H.E.|first=van Amstel|title=De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945|year=1991|publisher=De Alk|location=Alkmaar|isbn=9060139976}}
- {{cite book|last=Schoonoord|first=D.C.L.|title=Pugno Pro Patria: De Koninklijke Marine tijdens de Koude Oorlog|year=2012|publisher=Van Wijnen-Franeker|isbn=978-90-5194-455-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Woudstra|first=F.G.A.|title=Onze Koninklijke Marine|year=1982|publisher=De Alk|location=Alkmaar|isbn=9060139151}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071106005254/http://www.navyinside.nl/bevoorradingsschepen.html Navyinside.nl]
- [http://www.hrms-poolster.nl/html/wist_u_dat.html hrms-poolster.nl]
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Category:Auxiliary ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Category:Ships of the Pakistan Navy