Outer harbour of Maassluis, Netherlands 26 September 2015
Netherlands-flagged, IMO 5100427, MMSI 24453200 and call sign PDWN. Built at the J.&K. Smit’s Scheepswerven NV, Kinderdijk, Netherlands with yard number 866. Taken into service by L. Smit&Co’s Internationale Sleepdienst on 24 February 1959. Sold to the Association of Maryland Pilots, Baltimore, USA in 1976. Renamed Maryland and USA-flagged was she at the shipyard of Verolme Cork, Ireland rebuilt as a pilot vessel. Given to Greenpeace International Inc. in 1985 and renamed Gondwana but already within 3 weeks renamed Greenpeace. In 1990 transferred to the Stichting Rubicon, Amsterdam, Netherlands and in 4 January 2002 transferred to the Havenmuseum at Rotterdam, Netherlands and rebuilt in original condition and retained her old name Elbe. Tonnage 887 tons and as dimensions 58,05 x 11,22 x 4,45 metres.
