Noordzeekanaal, Netherlands 5 October 2016
Former buoy vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy Zaandam (A949), call sigh (in 1975) PAGG, laid down at the shipyard Haarlemsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Haarlem, Netherlands in November 1950, launched on 2 September 1952 and commissioned on 25 July 1953, based in 1975 at Den Helder, Netherlands, dimensions 41,61 x 7,53 x 2,74 metres and displacement (loaded) 430 tons of 1.000 kg, Werkspoor engine, horsepower 430 hp and speed 11,4 knots. After 1977 training ship for pilots and since 1994 until April 2012 of the Zeekadetkorps Vlissingen Scheldemond until 2012 and than handed over to the Zeekadetkorps Ijmond.
