HNLMS Pelikaan (A801) was a logistic support vessel[a] of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

[3] The ship was built around 1984 at the shipyard Vindholmen Offshore A/S in Arendal, Norway.

[3] While originally built for a Norwegian owner, the ship was bought in 1990 by the Royal Netherlands Navy for the purpose of serving as a logistic support vessel for the Netherlands Antilles.

After her arrival the ship was made ready for its new role as a logistic support vessel at the Curaçaose Dokmaatschappij.

[4] In 1994 Pelikaan acted as communication ship during a jungle training exercise of the Netherlands Marine Corps.