An item reported the arrival on Tuesday of the steamship Oscar Midling from Hernösand, Sweden at Zaandam, Netherlands with a cargo of sawn wood.(1)
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1. Ex-Bertha and Ainsdale. Call sign OFCI. Gross tonnage 2.237 ton, under deck 1.715 ton, net tonnage 1.371 ton and as dimensions 290.5 x 39.0 x 18.9 feet. Built by K. Readhead&Sons, South Shields, United KIngdom in September 1898, owned by Laivan varustus O/YOulu Rederi A/B, Oulu, Finland.
An item reported the arrival the day before of the steamship Uddeholm from Skoghall, Sweden at Zaandam, Netherlands with a cargo of sawn wood.
An item reported the arrival at Zaandam, Netherlands on 1 August of the steamship Margaretha from Hernösand, Sweden with a cargo of sawn wood.
An item reported the arrival at Zaandam, Netherlands on 27 July of the steamship Spidola from Riga, Latvia with a cargo of beams and sawn wood.
An item reported the arrival at Zaandam, Netherlands on 10 August of the steamship Charterhague from Borga [Porvoo, Finland?] with a cargo of sawn wood.(1)
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1. Call sign OHDI.. Ex-Silverway and WarFig. Gross tonnage 2.522 ton, under deck 2.248 ton, net tonnage 1.348 ton, dimensions 312.9 x 43.0 x 20.7 feet, buil in November 1920 by Monmouth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Chepstow, England, in 1939 owned by Angfartyg Akitebolaget “Alfa”, manager A. Karlsson, homeport Mariehamn, Åland (Islands), Finland-flagged.
An item reported that on Sunday the Finnish motor schooner Wellamoo (1) became a leak in the Frisian estuary and was brought by the rescue vessel Insulinde to Oostmahorn, Netherlands leaving there that morning arriving safely against the evening at Delfzijl, Netherlands with a cargo of 200 standaards sawn wood to be unloaded at Groningen, Netherlands.
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1. Call sign OHBX, gross tonnage 1.996 ton, net tonnage 988 ton, dimensions 263.6 x 39.8 x 22.4 feet, built in June 1927 by Akt. Burmeister&Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1939 owned by Finska Äng Aktieb., homeport Helsingfors, Finland-flagged.
An item reported the arrival at Zaandam, Netherlands on 2 August of the steamship Gundborg Segrell from Sundsvall, Sweden with a cargo of sawn wood.(1)
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1. Ex-Agnes Harrison and Kalliope, call sign SEMG, gross tonnage 1.435 ton, under deck 1.189 ton, net tonnage 844 ton, dimensions 243.2 x 38.2 x 15.7 feet. Built by Eng. Co. Ltd., Hoboken/Antwerp, Belgium in June 1914, in 1939 owned by Ängf. A/B Kjell, H. Jeansson manager, homeport Stockholm, Sweden-flagged.
An item reported the arrival at Zaandam, Netherlands on 30 May of the steamship Shelon from Leningrad [St. Petersburg], Soviet Union with a cargo of sawn wood.(1)
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1. Ex-Bossi renamed 1933 and Goree. Call sign UOCA. Gross tonnage 2.251 ton, under deck 2.008 ton, net tonnage 1.271 ton, dimensions 251.2 x 43.8 x 22.3 feet, built by Detroit Shipbuilding Company, Wyandotte, Michingan, USA in October 1918, in 1939 owned by the Soviet Union, homeport Leningrad
An item reported the arrival at Zaandam, Netherlands on 6 January of the motorship Kuznetz Lesov from Leningrad [St. Petersburg], Soviet Union with a cargo of sawn wood.
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1. Ex-Severoles, call sign UIOQ. Gross tonnage 3.974 ton, under deck 3.524 ton, net tonnage 2.256 ton, dimensions 347.5 x 51.6 x 24.9 feet, built by States Shipbuilding Yard Marti, Leningrad, Soviet Union in 1933, homeport Vladivostok.
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.
An item reported the arrival at Zaandam, Netherlands on 27 May of the steamship Fredborg from Sundsvall, Sweden with a cargo of sawn wood.(1)
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1. The Fredborg, ex-Elsie Mary, call sign SEDR, gross tonnage 904 ton, under deck 716, net tonnage 485 ton, dimensions 205.1 x 33.6 x 12.76 feet, built in 1918 by Helsingborgs Varf. Aktienbolaget, Helsingborg and owned by Rederi A/B Ragne (Ragnar Nilsson), homeport Västervik, Sweden?
An item reported the arrival at Zaandam, Netherlands on 17 May of the motorship Neptun from Pernau, Estonia with a cargo of sawn wood.
An item reported the expected arrival at Zaandam, Netherlands next Wednesday of the Finnish steam timber carrier Ferrum loaded with about 1.100 standaards sawn timber. She was the second timber carrier that season. The edition dated 14 May reported her arrival on the 12th and that she came from Koivista.(1)
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1. Ex-Stadt Zaltbommel renamed 1936, call sign OHYO, gross tonnage 2.089 ton, net tonnage 1.174 ton, dimensions 293.7 x 41.3 x 19.1 feet, built by J. Meyer’s Scheepsbouwmaatschappij, Zaltbommel, Netherlands in 1939 owned by Lemlands Rederi A/B, manager Anders Öström, homeport Mariehamn, Åland (Islands), Finland-flagged.
