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Sunday 8 December 2019

Belgian tug Progress towed two Dutch inland vessels into the harbour of Terneuzen, Netherlands during which operation one sunk according to the Dutch newspape Goessche Courant dated 9 May 1895

An item dated Terneuzen, Netherlands dated 7th reported that the same morning during low tide the Belgian tug Progress towed into the harbour the iron Rhine ships God met ons master Withmann of Druten, Netherlands and De Vliet master De Both of Steenbergen, Netherlands, both underway from Ruhrort, Germany loaded rail iron with bound for Gent, Belgium. The De Vliet however was by a strong current smashed to the Western harbour quay and sunk.