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Saturday, 7 March 2020

Dutch tug launched at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper De Oostpoort dated Wednesday 3 June 1863

An item reported that the morning of the day before at the East side of the Kaliemaas at the shipyard of mr. Olie (the former firm Curtis en Dormaar) at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies a teakwood built steam vessel was launched built under supervision of P. Tromp de Haas for account of Olie himself. The journalist received information that she was to be used of a steam towage service in the local waterway.