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{{short description|Ship design project of the Royal Netherlands Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image =Frigate HNLMS Tromp (F803).jpg
| Ship caption = ''Hunze'' and ''Gouwe'' towing {{HNLMS|Tromp|F803|6}} (centre)
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Linge'' class
| Builders = *[[Shipyard Bijlsma]] (Hull)
*[[Delta Shipyard]] (Fitting out)
| Operators = {{Navy|Netherlands}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Westgat|tugboat|4}}
| Class after = {{sclass|Noordzee|tugboat|4}}
| Subclasses = 
| Cost = 
| Built range = 1986–1997
| In service range = 
| In commission range = 1987–present
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 5
| Total ships completed = 5
| Total ships canceled = 
| Total ships active = 1
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 
| Total ships preserved = 
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Header caption =<ref name="Amstel110">van Amstel, p. 110.</ref>
| Ship class = 
| Ship type = [[Tugboat]] 
| Ship displacement = {{cvt|200|t|LT}}
| Ship length = {{cvt|27.5|m|ftin}}
| Ship beam = {{cvt|7|m|ftin}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draught = {{cvt|2.3|m|ftin}}
| Ship power = 
| Ship propulsion = *1 propeller
*{{cvt|1600|hp}}
*2 x [[Stork B.V.|Stork]] [[Werkspoor]] [[diesel engine]]s
| Ship speed = {{convert|11|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = 
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The '''''Linge'' class'''{{efn|name=Deltatug2750}} are a series of [[tugboat]]s used by the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] to dock their larger ships at the [[Nieuwe Haven Naval Base]].<ref name=linge-class_1>{{Cite web|url=https://marineschepen.nl/schepen/linge.html|title=Lingeklasse sleepboten|publisher=Marineschepen.nl|access-date=1 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref>

== History ==
The first four ships were built by [[Shipyard Bijlsma]] and [[Delta shipyard]] in [[the Netherlands]] and commissioned in the year 1987. Ten years later another ship, ''Gouwe'', was built by these [[shipyards]] and commissioned in 1997. In addition to their main purpose they are used for trips with guests around the harbour and supporting nautical training skills.

=== Replacement ===
It was decided that these ships did not provide the required bollard pull to assist the newer larger vessels like {{HNLMS|Karel Doorman|A833|6}}. The four oldest ships were replaced by three [[Damen Group|Damen]] built [[Hybrid vehicle|hybrid]] tugboats, the {{sclass|Noordzee|tugboat|4}}.<ref name=linge-class_1/>

Although with the arrival of the first replacement, {{HNLMS|Noordzee|A871|6}}, the old tugboats did not prove completely useless when the power onboard ''Noordzee'' shut off due to contaminated fuel along the coast of [[North-Holland]] and ''Hunze'' had to assist.<ref name=hnlms_noordzee_1>{{Cite web|url=https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Nieuwe-sleepboot-Noordzee-aangekomen-in-Den-Helder-200216.html|title=Nieuwe sleepboot Noordzee aangekomen in Den Helder|publisher=Marineschepen.nl|access-date=1 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref>

The first four of these well maintained & reliable ships were sold to [[MTS Towage]] in [[Brixham]] and [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]] in the [[United Kingdom]].


== Ships in class ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Hull number
! Name
! Builder
! Launched
! Commissioned
! Decommissioned
! Status
! Picture
|-
| A874
| ''[[:nl:Zr.Ms. Linge (1987)|Linge]]''
| rowspan=5 align=center |[[Shipyard Bijlsma]], [[Warten]] (Hull)
[[Delta Shipyard]], [[Sliedrecht]] (Fitting out)
| 15 November 1986
| 20 February 1987
| February 2016
| Sold
| [[File:Noordzee sleepboot 2016-3 (cropped).jpg|150px]]
|-
| A875
| ''[[:nl:Zr.Ms. Regge (1987)|Regge]]''
| 10 January 1986
| 6 May 1987
| February 2016
| Sold
| [[File:Sail Amsterdam - IJplein - View South.jpg|150px]] 
|-
| A876
| ''[[:nl:Zr.Ms. Hunze (1987)|Hunze]]''
| 17 December 1986
| 20 October 1987
| February 2016
| Sold
| [[File:Ook-spuitende-sleepboten-en-andere-marineschepen-zetten-de-aankomst-van-de-de-holland-luister-bij.jpg|150px]]
|-
| A877
| ''[[:nl:Zr.Ms. Rotte (1987)|Rotte]]''
| 23 June 1987
| 20 October 1987
| February 2016
| Sold
| [[File:Rotterdam Havendagen 2009 - A877 Hr Ms Rotte.jpg|150px]]
|-
| A878
| ''[[:nl:Zr.Ms. Gouwe (1997)|Gouwe]]''
| 25 November 1996
| 21 February 1997
| 
| In active service
| [[File:GOUWE (50397529306).jpg|150px]]
|}

=== Namesakes ===
All the ships are named after rivers with five letters ending with an ''e'' in [[The Netherlands]]:
* HNLMS Linge's namesake is: [[Linge]]
* HNLMS Regge's namesake is: [[Regge (river)|Regge]]
* HNLMS Hunze's namesake is: [[Hunze (rivir)|Hunze]]
* HNLMS Rotte's namesake is: [[Rotte (river)|Rotte]]
* HNLMS Gouwe's namesake is: [[Gouwe (river)|Gouwe]]

== Notes ==
{{notes
| notes =

{{efn
| name = Deltatug2750
| The class is also known in Dutch as ''Delta tug 2750 type''.<ref name="Amstel110" />
}}
}}

=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

== References ==
* {{cite book |last=van Amstel |first=W.H.E. |date=1991 |title=De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine vanaf 1945 |language=Dutch|edition= |url= |location=Alkmaar |publisher=De Alk |page= |isbn=90-6013-997-6}}

{{Post1945DutchShips}}

[[Category:Tugboats of the Royal Netherlands Navy]]