ARIE VISSER CLASS LIFEBOAT

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8) Arie Visser class

The Arie Visser class is the largest lifeboat type in the world of the RIB type. This class has been in use by the KNRM since 1999.
Photographer Arrie van Dijk (Image archive KNRM).

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ARIER VISSER:


The Arie Visser class has been in service since 1 January 1999 and is, with its 18.8 metres in length, the largest lifeboat of the 'rigid inflatable boat' type in the world. In the years 1988 to 1998, the Lifeboat Company gained experience with the larger RIBs of the Johannes Frederik class. The range of these lifeboats sometimes appeared to be too limited. It was therefore decided to build a larger version of the Johannes Frederik. In 1999, this became the ARIE VISSER type. The ARIE VISSER has a total tank capacity of 6,100 litres, which gives the boat a range of sixteen hours at full power. The fuel is divided over four tanks. A separate day tank (144 litres) is located in the space in front of the engine rooms. 
In the years 1988 to 1998, the Rescue Society gained experience with the larger RIBs of the Johannes Frederik class. The range of these lifeboats sometimes appeared to be too limited. That is why it was decided to build a larger version of the Johannes Frederik. In 1999, this became the ARIE VISSER type. The ARIE VISSER has a total tank capacity of 6,100 litres, which gives the boat a range of sixteen hours at full power. The fuel is divided over four tanks. A separate day tank (144 litres) is located in the space in front of the engine rooms.
All eleven lifeboats of the Arie Visser class were built between 1999 and 2009 by aluminium yacht builder Aluboot in Hindeloopen, with the exception of the Koning Willem I, which was built by the Habbeké shipyard in Volendam.

ARIE VISSER

Weight: 28.3 ton, dim. 18.80 x 6.10 x 1.03m.
Aluminum hull length 18m. Beam 5.94m and waterline 14.50m. Draught 1.03. displacement 27.4m.
Powered by 2 MAN D2842 LE408 engines, max. Power 2 x 735 kW. ( 2 x 1000-hp.)
2 x Hamilton waterjets.
Bunker capacity 6100 liters. Max. Speed 33 knots.
Capacity 120 rescued persons and 6 crew.

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