German tug and salvage company stationed at Vlissingen, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Goessche Courant dated 19 December 1885

An item reported that since a few days the German sea going tug Assecuradeur of the Bugsir-Gesellschaft Union of Bremen at Vlissingen, Netherlands was stationed to compete with Belgian towage companies active on the Schelde and North Sea. The intention of the German company was to station another two tugs at Flushing with the same purpose.