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Saturday 31 December 2016

Italian navy floating crane underway from Netherlands towards Italy according to the Dutch newspaper Schiedamsche Courant dated 28 July 1911

An item dated Schiedam, Netherlands 27th reported the departure from the shipyard Gustp of the huge floating crane No. 410 with a of around 1.200 ton towed by the Dutch tug Schelde captain W. Verschoor towards Spezia, Italy.(1)

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1. Yard number 410, a 150 ton floating derrick crane built for the Italian navy at Spezia, by Gusto (firm A.F. Smulders), Schiedam, Netherlands.