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Tuesday 3 March 2015

Dutch tug Schiehoofd with tow underway from Netherlands towards England according to the Dutch newspaper De Tijd dated 25 July 1915

An item dated reported the departure on the 24th from the Nieuwe Waterweg by the Dutch tug Schiehoofd towards London, England while towing a lighter and another tug.(1)

Note
1. The as Ary Scheffer built at the shipyard of Boele&Slikkerveer, Netherlands with yard number 386 for account of P. van Geenen en F. Schellenbach, Dordrecht, Netherlands in 1894? She was renamed Schiehoofd in 1917 and owned by E.L. Overloop, Papendrecht. Netherlands. Still existing nowadays although since then several timer renamed and now Belgian-flagged as the Wrestler.