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Thursday 14 August 2014

Dutch pilot boat (1943) Arcturus 1948-1967

Drawing made by G.J. Frans Naerebout. Earlier published in Van Zee tot Zee

With a gross register tonnage of 670 ton and a displacement of 1.024 ton were her dimensions 50,25 9between perpendiculars)-56,22 (over all) x 9,16 x 4,19 x 4,98 (depth). Her crew consisted of 22 men with accommodation for 30-pilots (included 6 trainees). Speed 12 knots. Served on the Westerschelde. Laid down on 28 march 1943 at the shipyard of RDM with yard number 254and launched on 23 December 1944as the German Vorpostenboot ss Koblenz for account of the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau A.G/ (Deschimag), Seebeck, Germany. During the Second World War taken away by the Germans and after the war found back and transported to the shipyard Nieuwe Waterweg, Schiedam, Netherlands and there completed as the steam pilot vessel Arcturus. Sold on 9 February 1967 to Simon’s Sleepssloperij Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands to be broken up.