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Sunday, 1 November 2015
Dutch lugger Robert B. Capps used for mackerel fishery according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag dated 10 March 1900
An item reported that the Dutch lugger Robert B. Capps master D. Beekhuizen owned by A. den Dulk Gzn, Scheveningen, Netherlands left Vlaardingen, Netherlands towards the British west coast for the mackerel fishery. She was to stay at sea for 12-13 weeks. It was the last time that Den Dulk would try if mackerel fishery could be profitable. The combination of interests in this fishery at Scheveningen three years earlier founded and in which Den Dulk had participated stopped after 3 years without success.