Finnish pollution control vessel Hylje
 Hylje in Helsinki South Harbour | |
| History | |
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 Finland
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| Name: | Hylje |
| Operator: | Finnish Ministry of the Environment |
| Builder: | Laivateollisuus Oy, Turku |
| Launched: | 1981 |
| Refit: | 1990-1991 |
| Identification: | |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type: | Oil spill response vessel |
| Tonnage: | |
| Displacement: | 1,400 tonnes |
| Length: | 54 m (177 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Ice class: | 1A |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 753 kW (1,010 hp) |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement: | 18 |
Hylje (799) is a combined pollution cleanup ship and vehicle transport ship built in 1981 and refitted in 1990–1991. She is operated by a civilian crew from the Ministry of the Environment, but is under Finnish Navy control. The vessel can act as a landing ship and logistic support vessel. The vessel has a capacity to carry 100 tons of deck cargo and its bow ramp can unload vehicles up to 42 tons. The vessel is equipped with oil and oil-slurry collection tanks with a total capacity of 1,410 cubic metres (50,000 cu ft). The vessel can be operated in light ice. Hylje is equipped with a 6-ton crane.[2]
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