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Thursday, 7 April 2016

Dutch 2-mast schooner (ex-Bente 1931-1953, Jeko 1953-1993) Zephyr 1993-

Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 6 April 2016

Netherlands-flagged, MMSI 245115000 and call sign PIXB. Built as motor galjas/schooner barge Bente at the shipyard Van Diepen, Waterhuizen, Netherlands in 1931. For insurance demands fitted out with sails and used in the North Sea and Baltic area. Sold to Norway, fitted out with new bridge house and modern navigation equipment, motor and derricks and renamed Jeko with as homeport Stavanger in 1953. Sold to the Netherlands in 1993. Renamed Zephyr.