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Monday, 6 April 2020

New Dutch tug Union in service on the Westerschelde according to the Dutch newspaper Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode dated 28 January 1857

An item dated Vlissingen the 23rd reported the arrival in the afternoon a day earlier of the new steam tug coming from England and destined for a company at Middelburg with the intentioned to be used on the Westerschelde.(1)

Note
1. The Middelburgsche Courant dated 28 Saturday February reported that on Wednesday afternoon the frigate ship Osiris captain Kramer left Middelburg destined for Dordrecht and towed by the new steam tug Union.