Drawing by Alexander van Maanen
According to the local Dutch newspaper Schiedamsche Courant dated 13 May 1919 was the arrival at IJmuiden of the Spanish battleship Alfons XIII to be expected every moment. This battleship brought with her the crew for the salvage vessel built at Haarlem for Spanish account.(1) The same newspaper dated 15 May 1919 announced that according to tidings received at The Hague from the Spanish ambassador the Alfons XIII wouldn’t come.
Note
1. This is the Kanguro ordered by the Spanish minster of navy D. Augusto Miranda and laid down in 1915, launched 1917 and since then lying at Amsterdam caused by a law suit. The main crane had a lifting capacity of 650 tons from a maximum depth of 40m. Dimensions 84 x 20 x 6m, distance between both hulls 8 meter, height hulls 3,5 without a submarine and 3,37m with a submarine. Her displacement was 2.480 ton. The range with a speed of 8,67 knots was 2.448 nautical miles and 1.266 nautical miles with 9,57 knots. The crew numbered 97 men.
According to the local Dutch newspaper Schiedamsche Courant dated 13 May 1919 was the arrival at IJmuiden of the Spanish battleship Alfons XIII to be expected every moment. This battleship brought with her the crew for the salvage vessel built at Haarlem for Spanish account.(1) The same newspaper dated 15 May 1919 announced that according to tidings received at The Hague from the Spanish ambassador the Alfons XIII wouldn’t come.
Note
1. This is the Kanguro ordered by the Spanish minster of navy D. Augusto Miranda and laid down in 1915, launched 1917 and since then lying at Amsterdam caused by a law suit. The main crane had a lifting capacity of 650 tons from a maximum depth of 40m. Dimensions 84 x 20 x 6m, distance between both hulls 8 meter, height hulls 3,5 without a submarine and 3,37m with a submarine. Her displacement was 2.480 ton. The range with a speed of 8,67 knots was 2.448 nautical miles and 1.266 nautical miles with 9,57 knots. The crew numbered 97 men.
