HNLMS Poolster (A835)

HNLMS Poolster
Class overview
Name	Poolster class
Builders	RDM, Rotterdam
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy (Formerly)  Pakistan Navy
Succeeded by	HNLMS Amsterdam
Subclasses	HNLMS Zuiderkruis
Cost	ƒ22m (1962 prices)[1]
Built	1962–1964
In service	1964-present
In commission	1964-present
Planned	1
Completed	1
Retired	1
History
Netherlands
Name	Poolster
Namesake	Pole star
Ordered	1961
Builder	Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij
Laid down	19 September 1962
Launched	16 October 1963
Commissioned	29 June 1964
Decommissioned	28 July 1994
Identification	A835
Motto	Uw wil geschiede (Thy will be done)
Fate	Sold to Pakistan in 1994
Pakistan
Name	Moawin
Acquired	28 July 1994
Identification	IMO number: 4902505 Pennant number: A20
Fate	Scrapped 21 April 2019
General characteristics
Type	Replenishment ship
Displacement	16,836 t (16,570 long tons)
Length	168.3 m (552 ft 2 in)
Beam	20.3 m (66 ft 7 in)
Draught	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	22,500 hp (16,778 kW), 2 turbines
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	200
Armament	2 × 40 mm (2 in) autocannons
Aircraft carried	3 × Lynx helicopters

HNLMS Poolster (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Poolster) was a replenishment ship serving with the Royal Netherlands Navy. Poolster entered service on 29 June 1964. In 1994 she was decommissioned and sold to the Pakistan Navy where the ship was renamed Moawin. A later replenishment ship Zuiderkruis was based on Poolster. In the Dutch navy she was replaced by the replenishment ship Amsterdam. She was the first ship in the Dutch navy with inbuilt protection against radioactive fallout.