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Tuesday, 6 August 2019

Dutch shipyard Kon. Mij. De Schelde got no order for Ethiopian patrol boats in 1967

In a letter dated 1 November 1967 written by the Dutch shipyard Kon. Mij. De Schelde to the Nederlandsche Credietverzekering Maatschappij N.V. {an insurance company) that she was negotiating with the Ethiopian government for the delivery of 12 patrol boatls. Total value 40 million Dutch guilders and which were to be used by the Ethiopian police and customs service. To be delivered in the harbour of Vlissingen. On 6 December however wrote the shipyard that after contact with the Ethiopian authorities the order for the patrol boats was no longer to be expected.

Source
Archive Kon. Mij. De Schelde (Gemeentearchief Vlissingen) inventory numbers 214:1, 13, 20, 233 en 1803.