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Sunday, 15 March 2015

Arrests for suspected deliberately sinking Dutch tug trawler Johanna (IJM 369) according to the Dutch newspaper Het Vaderland dated 2 July 1921

An item reported that the police at IJmuiden, Netherlands arrested the sailor C.G. suspected of being involved in deliberately sinking the Dutch tug trawler Johanna (IJM 369) of the Visscherij Maatschappij Johanna director J. Fenijn. Earlier was thought that the Johanna sunk on 30 September 1919 off Kamperduin, Netherlands caused by a mine explosion. Her crew was saved and the same day by the Dutch steamship Ittersum and brought to IJmuiden.