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Saturday 28 October 2017

Dutch tug (ex-HF 08 1940-1948, Marinus 1949-1955, Hilja 1955-1964) Wiljo 1964-


Het IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands 19 August 2010

Netehrlands-flagged, ENI 03010860. Dimensions 17,18 x 4,58 x 1,70 metres. The original 180hp Deutz engine is later replaced by 1-350hp Fiat 828M engine. Built by S. Seijmonsbergen (Concordia), Amsterdam with yard number 468 in 1940 as the minenraumboot Amsterdam (HF08) for the German Kriegsmarine at Rotterdam, Netherlands, became in 1948 property of the Dutch government. Renamed Marinus in 1949 owned by L. Bakker, Groningen, Netherlands, renamed Hilja in 1955 of J. Drost, Rotterdam, renamed Wiljo in 1964 of K. de Boer, Zwolle, Netherlands and since 1995 of the Sleepdienst Wiljo (J.J. van de Weegh), Raalte, Netherlands.