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Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Dutch fishing sloop Eersteling (PR 8) in 1897

Owned by M. Zwanenburg, Pernis, Netherlands, master J. van der Steen. 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.