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Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Dutch steam cargo ship (ex-Oostenburg 1920-1921) Katwijk 1921-1952 (Etna 1952-1954)

Exhibition Varen voor Vrijheid. Museum Katwijk

Launched as Oosterburg for account of Bureau Wijsmuller , Scheepvaart, Transport- en Zeesleepvaart Maatschappij, The Hague, Netherlands with yard number 144 by Firma Jonker&Stans, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Netherlands on 6 October 1920, delivered to owner N.V.. Maatschappij ss. Katwijk, manager Firma Erhardt&Dekkers, both at Rotterdam on 7 February 1921, owner N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Wijklijn, Rotterdam sine 1930, sold to to manager Richard Tørnqvist, owner Rederi A/B Vulcan, both at Stockholm, Sweden and renamed Etna in January 1952 and wrecked on Sgeir Inoe Rocks, Scalpay, Hebrides on 19 January 1954. 

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