An item reported that the Dutch steam trawler Adriatic of 217 tons gross tonnage was sold by the N.V. Exploitatie Maatschappij Zeemeeuw at Ijmuiden, Netherlands to the N.V. Stoomvisscherij Maatschappij Mercurius, Ijmuiden. She had been laid up for some while and was now fitted out for the fishery again. In August was reported that she was renamed Jan Mayenland keeping her pennant IJM 18.
