Cleaner waterway boats

Three new electric patrol boats have been delivered to the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Police.

The Damen Patrol Vessels 1304 Electric ‘Waterhoen’ and the ‘Waterpieper’ are powered by EST-Floattech battery systems.

“It was a tough puzzle to get 273kWh of batteries on board the 13.5 metre long patrol boat, but the flexible modular system of EST-Floattech enables this in a very space-efficient way,” said Koen Boerdijk of EST-Floattech.

Clean efficiency

The hulls for the vessels were built at Damen Shipyards Kozle in Poland and were shipped to Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld for outfitting and delivery.

Damen Shipyards Group has handed over three new electric-powered patrol boats in a series to the city of Amsterdam. The Waterpieper and Waterhoen will sail under the name of the City of Amsterdam and are outfitted with a battery pack of 273kWh. They are full electric patrol boats.

The hybrid P55 vessel will be sailed by the Amsterdam Police and is fitted with a 136.5kWh battery pack.

The 1304 Damen design is 13.5 metres long and can reach a speed over ground using its 130kW electric motors of 8.6 knots. Sailing at average speed will allow full-day operations on a single charge of the batteries. The P55 also has a diesel generator to extend its range if needed.

In 2023 Damen will delivery another two patrol boats of the 1304 full electric series and these will also be equipped with the EST-Floattech Green Orca 1050 series of 273kWh each.