VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

FIRST NAVAL ORDER FOR HULL VANE SETS SIZE RECORD

6 years ago

An 11-metre long, two-metre wide Hull Vane will be retrofitted to the Royal Netherlands Navy’s 108-metre Oceangoing Patrol Vessel (OPV) HNLMS Zeeland, making it the largest such device built to date and also the first to be fitted on a naval ship.

The 11m wing is the largest order for Hull Vane and the first for a vessel of over 100m. (credit: Hull Vane)

An 11-metre long, two-metre wide Hull Vane will be retrofitted to the Royal Netherlands Navy’s 108-metre Oceangoing Patrol Vessel (OPV) HNLMS Zeeland, making it the largest such device built to date and also the first to be fitted on a naval ship.