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Thursday, 3 January 2013

Spanish steamship Tordara salvaged Dutch floating crane Oceaan II according to the Dutch newspaper Het Vaderland dated Saturday 30 May 1925

An item reported that the Spanish steamship Tordara arrived at Bilbao while towing the Dutch floating crane Oceaan II with on board two exhausted Dutch sailors. She was underway from Rotterdam towards Las Palmas when she during a gale lost contact with the tug which towed resulting her helpless floating in the Channel.