An tem reported that the dredger Parisienne built for French account at the shipyard of the Haarlemsche Scheepwsbouw Mij. at Haarlem, Netherlands arrived a day earlier in the Binnenhaven of IJmuiden waiting there for favourable weather. The Dutch tug Vlaanderen of Bureau Wijsmuller would tow her to Rouaan. Another Dutch newspaper Haarlem’s Dagblad dated 16 January reported that the dimensions of the Parisienne were 27 x 6,20 metres. This newspaper supplied an extensive account of the voyage. She was property of a firm from Paris to be used dor dredging gravel in the Seine off Montes.
