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Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Dutch fishing sloop Burgemeester ‘s Jacob (PR 56) in 1897

Homeport Pernis. Owned by Beugvisscherij Rotterdam, director N. Koopman, Rotterdam, Netherlands, master M. Noordzij Jz.. Used for the so-called beugvisserij (longline fishery) on the North Sea. Iron or steel built.

Source
Department Foreign Affairs (National Archive, The Hague, Netherlands) A-files inventory number 234. Naamlijst der Nederlandsche Reederijen en Haringschepen, benevens de sloepen, welke de kabeljauwvisscherij in de Noordzee uitoefenen; published by Dorsman&Odé, Vlaardingen, 1897.