Finnish_pollution_control_vessel_Hylje

Finnish pollution control vessel <i>Hylje</i>

Finnish pollution control vessel Hylje

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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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  1. "HYLJE". shipspotting.com. 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. "Öljyntorjunta-alus Hylje". puolustusvoimat.fi. 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.



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