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Saturday 22 December 2012

British tugboat Masterful sold to the Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 26 October 1927

An item dated Rotterdam 21 October reported that at the Amsterdamsche Droogdok Mij, arrived the former British 300 ihp-tug Masterful (ex-Cor IV). She was privately bought from the British shipping company C. & A. Etheredge Limited at London by the Dutch Hollandsche maatschappij voor Aannemingen at Beverwijk. Built in 1912 by the Dutch firm Jonker en Stans at Hendrik Ido Ambacht.(1)

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1. The Dutch newspaper Voorwaarts dated 18 September 1920 reported the sale of the Cor IV of 112 gross tonage to W. Sheliot&Co. at London. Moorman’s Jaarboek van Scheepvaart en Scheepsbouw edition 1930, Dutch merchant marine. In 1930 property of the Sleepboot Maatschappij “Beverwijk” at Beverwijk as the Beverwijk 21. Dimensions 93’8” x 18’10” x 8’4” (hold) and a tonnage of 115 gross and 3 net tons. Coal bunker capacity 60 tons of 1.016 kg. International sign NGWR. Horsepower 350 ihp.