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Friday 5 January 2018

British trawler Fern Dea sold towards the Netherlands according to the Dutch magazine Schip en Werf dated 1 April 1938

An item reported that the British trawler Fern Dea of 265 tons gross tonnage, 101 tons net tonnage and built at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1910 was sold by the North Star Steam Fishing Company Limited, Aberdeen, Scotland to the De Ruyter’s Scheepsslooperij, Pernis, Netherlands to be broken up. She arrived already at Pernis coming from Aberdeen.(1)

Note
1. The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf dated 26 March 1938 reported that she was the former Vasco da Gama, built by A. Hall and Company, Aberdeen. Sold for a price of 3 pound sterling/ton.