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Saturday, 26 October 2019

Dutch fishing sloop Doggersbank (MD 2) in 1897

Owned by P.L. Slis&Zoon, Middelharnis, Netherlands, master Willem van den Hoek. Used for the so-called beugvisserij (longline fishery) on the North Sea.

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.