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Thursday 11 July 2019

Dutch tugs Mars 5 and Mabi 14 built at Maassluis. Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Het vrije volk dated 16 December 1955

An item reported that on Thursday afternoon at the shipyard Scheepsbouwwerf en machinefabriek H. de Haas at Maassluis, Netherlands with the help of a sheerleg the tug Mars 5 launched and baptized by Mrs. Kersk-Kranendonk, spouse of the director of the N.V. Stoomsleepdienst Mars of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tug was fitted out with 1-300 hp Bolnes engine. Immediately afterwards was the keel laid down of the tug Mabi 14, the first of a range built for account of the N.V. Mij. Binnenvaart of Rotterdam, Netherlands.