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Tuesday 5 April 2016

Dutch 2 mast gaff top sail schooner (ex-Jannetje Margaretha 1916-1926, Gertrud 1926-1987)) Gallant 1987-

Underway to the locks for entering the harbour of Vlissingen, Netherlands 5 April 2016

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 6 April 2016

Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 246186000 and call sign PDPS. Launched at the shipyard of Gebroeders Figee, Vlaardingen, Netherlands as the sailing ligger Gallant in 1916. Sold to Denmark on 1926. Renamed Gertrud and fitted out with a engine uses for searching for stones (?). Bought by the Dutch Stichting Zeilschip de Gallant and restored and rigged as a 2-mast gaff top schooner since 1993 used as passenger ship and training ship.