Thomas Kevill (fireboat)

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The Thomas Kevill is a civilian fireboat commissioned in Norfolk, Virginia in 2013.[1] Norfolk is host to one of the US Navy's major ports.

She is named after Norfolk's first fire chief.[1]

She is 36  ft (10.97  m) long, and powered by a pair of 250  shp (Expression error: Missing operand for round.  kW) outboard motors.[1] Her top speed is 40  knots (Expression error: Missing operand for round.  kph). She mounts two remote controlled water cannons.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roy Bahls. Norfolk's newest fireboat named for city's first fire chief, Virginia Pilot, 2013-06-23. Retrieved on 2019-09-10.
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