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Friday, 17 May 2013

Dutch cutter dredger Posidonia destined fro Australia according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad 24 September 1913

An item dated Baarn 22 September reported the arrival that afternoon of the Dutch cutter dredger Posidonia underway from Rotterdam towards Port Pirie [Australia] at Port Saïd. The edition dated 27 October 1913 published an item dated Baarn the 24th reporting that she the 23rd arrived at Colombo departing the next day. The edition dated 4 November published an item dated Baarn the 3rd reporting her arrival that morning at Padang. The edition dated Wednesday 3 December published an item dated Baarn the 1st reporting that she arrived Saturday coming from Tjilatjap at Carnarvon where some small engine problems were solved. The edition dated 23 December published an item dated Baarn the 20th reporting her visit a day earlier at Geraldton for bunkering coal. he edition dated 29 December published an item dated Baarn the 24th reporting her arrival a day earlier at Fremantle where she immediately was involved in a collision with the tug Wyola, damage estimated around 250 pound sterling. She was berthed along the coal wharf when the local tug rammed her.