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Friday, 6 November 2015

Italian 3-mast schooner Elise Vetromile temporarily stranded off Den Helder, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode dated 14 April 1904

An item dated Den Helder, Netherlands 11th reported that on Sunday afternoon at 12.00 o’clock the grounding near the Zuidergronden of an Italian bark ship harassed by a heavy storm was sighted. The large ocean going tug Hercules towed the rescue boat to the ship which eventually succeeding in arriving in the harbour of Den Helder without the assistance of the Hercules. It was the 3-mast schooner Elise Vetromile captain Parascondole underway with phosphate from Aruba, Dutch West Indies towards Hamburg, Germany. Her crew existed of just 6 men including 3 boys.