Registered: LR35-36: 07795 /LR43-44: 06980 /LR47-48: 06667
/LR50-51: 57920 /LR56-57: 58415
268 GRT, 33 NRT, L35,51m, B7,32m, D3,66m (116.6'x24.0'x12.0'
or 123'10"x24'1"x11'9.1/2")
1 scr, T3cyl by shipbuilder, coal fired, 108nhp-550ihp
1931:
Built by "NV Machinefabriek & Scheepswerf van P. Smit Jr" at
Rotterdam (YN 475)
1931 -xx/02: delivered to "ISM - NV Internationale Sleepdienst
Maatschappij" at Rotterdam
(NLD flag, c/s PDUH)
1939 -24/08: service in the Dutch Navy, renamed BV 38
1940 -17/05: Escaped from Vlissingen to England (Capt. L. JANSMA)
to serve under British Admiralty as salvage vessel
194x: based at Garlieston, Solway Firth, to assist with the
construction and trials of the Mulberry Harbour sections
194x: returned to owners
1947 -08/11: arrived at "Niehuis & v/d Berg" yard for conversion
to oil firing (finished 03/1948)
(250 GRT, 18 NRT)
1958 -11/01: beached while assisting the stranded s.s. Lindekerk
and lost on the Banjaard near Westkapelle during heavy storm
1958 -13/01: declared total loss
1986 -02/10: raised by a group of enthousiasts under sponsorship
of "Smit-Tak", lifted with 'Taklift 4' and transported to
Vlissingen
1989: demolished because restauration was no success
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