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Saturday 11 January 2014

Dutch tug Van Elsbroek with entire crew lost in the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Soldaten Courant dated 24 December 1916

An item referred to the newspaper De Telegraaf which received tidings from Batavia, Dutch East Indies reporting the loss of the steam tug Van Elsbroek with her complete crew of 23 men. Her homeport was Djoewana and she had a register tonnage of 1.622 tons [this figure can not be correct]..