An item reported that via intermediation of shipbrokers Jacques Pierot Jr.&Zonen, Rotterdam, Netherlands the Belgian twin screw steamship Topaze of 634 gross tons built by the Société Anonyme J. Cockerill, Hoboken, Belgium and owned by the Société Anonyme John Cockerill, Seraing, Belgium was sold to the N.V. Holland Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands to be broken up.