Computer line drawing by Alexander van Maanen
In 1909 decided the Dutch government to built a salvage vessel for the submarine service. In the years following similar vessels were built for other navies like for instance the Brazilian Ceara, the Italian Anteo and the Spanish Kangeru.(1) The vessel served the first years mainly at Flushing where at the yard of De Schelde since 1904 submarines were built for the Dutch Navy.
Photo published in the Dutch magazine De Prins dated 1911 page 45.
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 11 October 1909. At this moment was the building of a salvage vessel for the submarine service projected. The projected vessel was a heavy built lighter to be used for salvaging submarines and as a salvage vessel in general. (2)
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 25 October 1912. The salvage vessel which was anchored in the inner harbour departed for the outer harbour when the trials with the submerged torpedo boat started and anchored near a boat of the Zeeland.
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 2 November 1912. Yesterday morning arrived the Hr.Ms. schooner Zeehond captain lieutenant H.S. Suermondt with the order to tow the salvage vessel back to the Nieuwediep. The departure was tomorrow morning.
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 28 January 1914. The salvage vessel was towed to the outer harbour to be able to support immediately during the trials of the submarine.
Local Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated Saturday 31 January 1914. The submarine no. 5 sunk Friday 17.30 o’clock caused by a malfunction of a valve in the torpedo tube. The salvage vessel was immediately towed to the location trying to salvage the submarine. Around 03.00 o’clock in the next morning was the submarine partly cleared and the body found of the missing bench hand assembler Kramer. The submarine was pumped and the salvage vessel around 12.00 towed back to the harbour.
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 9 April 1914. This morning departed she from the inner harbour to Borssele to support if necessary during the trials of the submarine IV.
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated Wednesday 3 April 1918. Saturday 30 March hit the Dutch torpedo boat Hr. Ms. G 11 a mine during patrolling, grounded and disappeared below the surface. The salvage vessel of the navy returned and probably a private company would try to salvage the torpedo boat.(3)
Photo published in the Dutch magazine De Prins dated 17 June 1916 shows her involved in lifting the sunken minelayer De Schelde at Den Helder.
According to Vermeulen was she built for lifting submarines and to be used as a salvage vessel and ordered for the budget year 1910. According to him she was built at the yard of P. Smit at Rotterdam. Dimensions were 37,75 x 10,00 x 4,20meter with a displacement of 515 tons and a lifting capacity of 110 ton. She was handed over to the navy in autumn 1911. Later she was sold to the De Schelde yard at Flushing.(4)
Goudappel wrote that she was a tug with the yard building number 219 with the dimensions 32,00 x 10,00 x 4,20 meter. The Dutch magazine De Prins dated 17 July 1911 mentioned a lifting capacity of 185.000 kilo.
The fact that she was sold to the yard De Schelde was confirmed on the website www.reuniepag.com. However this same website supplies more information dealing with this ship. She was decommissioned in 1934 and since used as an oil hulk and captured by the Germans in 1940. After the war she was found back at Den Helder and then sold to the De Schelde where she became the salvage vessel Sperwer. In 1968 finally sold to be broken up. The technical details this site gave as keel laid down 22 April 1911 and launched the same year with the dimensions 37,75 x 10,5 x 2,8 meters and a displacement of 515 tons.
Notes
1. See on this weblog the notes dealing with the Italian submarine salvage ship Anteo 1912-1954”, the Brazilian submarine depot ship and salvage vessel Ceará 1915-1946” and the Spanish salvage vessel Kangeru built by the yard Conrad at Haarlem, Netherlands”.
2. The newspaper Het nieuws van den dag: kleine courant daily edition dated 8 October 1909 supplied similar details. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad morning edition dated 2 November 1909 added that it was to be a heavily built lighter with a steam boiler, a dynamo, a centrifugal pump and cranes and winches with a lifting capacity of 100 tons. She was continuously available to be towed to a location where she was needed. In advance she was projected to have own engines but the building costs would have been more as doubled.
3. The private salvage company Bergings Maatschappij Dirkzager of Maassluis refloated her and brought her in to the harbour of Terschelling.
4. A.J. Vermeulen. Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962.
5. J.A. Goudappel. Machinefabriek en Scheepswerf P. Smit Jr. Rotterdam
In 1909 decided the Dutch government to built a salvage vessel for the submarine service. In the years following similar vessels were built for other navies like for instance the Brazilian Ceara, the Italian Anteo and the Spanish Kangeru.(1) The vessel served the first years mainly at Flushing where at the yard of De Schelde since 1904 submarines were built for the Dutch Navy.
Photo published in the Dutch magazine De Prins dated 1911 page 45.
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 11 October 1909. At this moment was the building of a salvage vessel for the submarine service projected. The projected vessel was a heavy built lighter to be used for salvaging submarines and as a salvage vessel in general. (2)
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 25 October 1912. The salvage vessel which was anchored in the inner harbour departed for the outer harbour when the trials with the submerged torpedo boat started and anchored near a boat of the Zeeland.
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 2 November 1912. Yesterday morning arrived the Hr.Ms. schooner Zeehond captain lieutenant H.S. Suermondt with the order to tow the salvage vessel back to the Nieuwediep. The departure was tomorrow morning.
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 28 January 1914. The salvage vessel was towed to the outer harbour to be able to support immediately during the trials of the submarine.
Local Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated Saturday 31 January 1914. The submarine no. 5 sunk Friday 17.30 o’clock caused by a malfunction of a valve in the torpedo tube. The salvage vessel was immediately towed to the location trying to salvage the submarine. Around 03.00 o’clock in the next morning was the submarine partly cleared and the body found of the missing bench hand assembler Kramer. The submarine was pumped and the salvage vessel around 12.00 towed back to the harbour.
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 9 April 1914. This morning departed she from the inner harbour to Borssele to support if necessary during the trials of the submarine IV.
Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated Wednesday 3 April 1918. Saturday 30 March hit the Dutch torpedo boat Hr. Ms. G 11 a mine during patrolling, grounded and disappeared below the surface. The salvage vessel of the navy returned and probably a private company would try to salvage the torpedo boat.(3)
Photo published in the Dutch magazine De Prins dated 17 June 1916 shows her involved in lifting the sunken minelayer De Schelde at Den Helder.
According to Vermeulen was she built for lifting submarines and to be used as a salvage vessel and ordered for the budget year 1910. According to him she was built at the yard of P. Smit at Rotterdam. Dimensions were 37,75 x 10,00 x 4,20meter with a displacement of 515 tons and a lifting capacity of 110 ton. She was handed over to the navy in autumn 1911. Later she was sold to the De Schelde yard at Flushing.(4)
Goudappel wrote that she was a tug with the yard building number 219 with the dimensions 32,00 x 10,00 x 4,20 meter. The Dutch magazine De Prins dated 17 July 1911 mentioned a lifting capacity of 185.000 kilo.
The fact that she was sold to the yard De Schelde was confirmed on the website www.reuniepag.com. However this same website supplies more information dealing with this ship. She was decommissioned in 1934 and since used as an oil hulk and captured by the Germans in 1940. After the war she was found back at Den Helder and then sold to the De Schelde where she became the salvage vessel Sperwer. In 1968 finally sold to be broken up. The technical details this site gave as keel laid down 22 April 1911 and launched the same year with the dimensions 37,75 x 10,5 x 2,8 meters and a displacement of 515 tons.
Notes
1. See on this weblog the notes dealing with the Italian submarine salvage ship Anteo 1912-1954”, the Brazilian submarine depot ship and salvage vessel Ceará 1915-1946” and the Spanish salvage vessel Kangeru built by the yard Conrad at Haarlem, Netherlands”.
2. The newspaper Het nieuws van den dag: kleine courant daily edition dated 8 October 1909 supplied similar details. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad morning edition dated 2 November 1909 added that it was to be a heavily built lighter with a steam boiler, a dynamo, a centrifugal pump and cranes and winches with a lifting capacity of 100 tons. She was continuously available to be towed to a location where she was needed. In advance she was projected to have own engines but the building costs would have been more as doubled.
3. The private salvage company Bergings Maatschappij Dirkzager of Maassluis refloated her and brought her in to the harbour of Terschelling.
4. A.J. Vermeulen. Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962.
5. J.A. Goudappel. Machinefabriek en Scheepswerf P. Smit Jr. Rotterdam
