StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Koningin Juliana

The retired KNRM lifeboat "Koningin Juliana" moves off her berth. . From this angle, her wheelhouse looks very much like a submarine sail [conning tower] ... it is much smaller than that of "Johanna Louise".

The ex-KNRM lifeboat "Koningin Juliana" is mostly flush decked, apart from the wave guard on the bows, given that she is designed for working in the winter storm conditions of the North Sea. Her streamlined wheelhouse looks somewhat like the sail [conning tower] on a submarine for the same reason.

KNRM "Koningin Juliana" ["Queen Juliana"] entered service at Hoek van Holland [Hook of Holland] in 1963. Many of her missions were medical evacuations of sick and injured sailors. She would have been replaced by a "fast lifeboat" in the late 1980 / early 1990s. The lifeboat station at Hook of Holland had a gold medal service in 1985, that was performed by the lifeboat "President Jan Lels" I was at Rotterdam in 2008 with my [now late] father, and talked myself aboard her for a look around.

CAS taking a close interest in the grain elevator - before his retirement he was involved with designing several plants of this type, but not one on a barge. In the meantime, I'm about to have a look on the lifeboat.

The "Koningin Juliana" (the Hoek van Holland lifeboat) now retired, seen at her berth in Rotterdam, with the grain elevator in the background.

The "Koningin Juliana" (the Hoek van Holland lifeboat) now retired, seen at her berth in Rotterdam. {Apologies, not particularly in focus, nor is it properly framed}

"Koningin Juliana" is a flush-decked all-weather lifeboat, designed for the North Sea. She served at Hoek Van Holland between 1965 and 1991.

Koningin Juliana. [KNRM] in the Haven (Historic Harbour) Rotterdam. She's the lifeboat from Hoek van Holland (1965 - 1991), and is now retired, although she does go to sea sometimes.