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Saturday, 16 January 2021

Dutch screw steam tug Succes built in the Netherlands in 1909 according to the Dutch magazine Scheepvaart dated 31 December 1909

A list of the ships launched in 1909 reported the Dutch screw steam tug Succes of 35 tons built by Huiskens&van Dijk, Dordrecht, Netherlands for account of J. Kriens, Dordrecht.(1)

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1. The Dutch newspaper De Dordrechtse Courant dated 31 May 1909 reported her launching that morning. Steel built. The 180 ihp engine and boiler also manufactured by the shipyard. W.A.A. Suykerbuyk. Huiskens&Van Dijk, Lekko January 1985, dimensions 21,38 x 4,82 metres, around 1960 converted into oil-fuelling barge and mid 1960s still active on the Maas and the Albert canal.

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