Finnish timber carrier Aune H arrived at Zaandam, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Zaans volksblad dated Tuesday 26 December 1939

An item reported that for the first time since the outbreak of hostilities between Finland and the Soviet Union a Finnish timber carrier arrived. The Aune H arrived on Sunday at 14.00 o’clokc loaded with 750 standaards Finnish sawn wood. At that moment were ssveral Finnish timber carriers lying in German harbors waiting for permission to leave. Via territorial waters along the Swedish and British coastlines passing the frontiers of minefields the Aune H managed to arrive at Zaandam. They left in a hurry Porvoo after an air attack five hours before despite lacking five of her crew members and a hull showing some war damage.(1)

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1. Built as Mizar for Van Nievelt, Goudriaan&Co.'s Stoomvaart Maatschappij N.V., Rotterdam with yard number 167 by Bonn&Mees, Rotterdam/Katendrecht, Netherlands, in 1918-1919 temporarily seized by the United States Shipping Board, USA, sold to the Emder Reedeerei A.G., Emden, Germany on 11 March 1922 and renamed Ruth, since 24 July of Ott, Hamsinck&Hell Nfl, Hamburg, Germany, sold in 1924 to D/S A/S Graafjeld, Bergen, Norway and renamed Graafjeld, sold in June 1933 to Laiva O/Y Rahtaus, Björneborg [=Pori], Finland and renamed Aune H and early 1958 sold to Cantieru Portovenere, La Spezia, Italy to be broken up. Call sign OHHO, gross tonnage 1.988 ton, under deck 1.859 ton, net tonnage 1.200 ton, built by Bonn&Mees, Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1905, dimensions 281.2-292.6 x 38.9 x 19.4 feet.