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Thursday, 5 February 2015

Dutch tug Donau underway from Brazil towards Spain according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 16 July 1914

An item dated Rotterdam, Netherlands 15th reported that the Dutch tug Donau arrived on the 11th at St. Vincent coming from Rio Janeiro, Brazil and continued her voyage towards Vigo, Spain on the 13th.(1)

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1. The Donau built at the N.V. Wilton’s Machinefabriek&Scheepswerf, Rotterdam, Netherlands with yard number 217 for account of the Internationale Sleepdienstmaatschappij, Rotterdam in 1910 with as dimensions 35,13 x 6,93 x 3,40 metres with a 500 ihp triple expansion 3 cylinder steam engine? In 1914-1918 in service of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Finally broken up at Frank Rijsdijk’s Industrieele Ondernemingen N.V., Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Netherlands.