Now let’s bounce back south of Leiden, west of Rotterdam . . . to Maassluis. Notice all the gray color upper left side of the aerial below . . . all greenhouses! I have lots of fun looking at this part of NL by google map.
At the center of Maassluis . . . you guessed it, there’s an island called Church Island, because
at its center is a church, completed in 1639.
I believe the larger vessel here–seen next to the drawbridge above–is Jansje, built 1900. The smaller one . . . I don’t know.
Check out the wheel
I’m guessing this was a fish market . . .
as my attempt (help?) at translation here is “people who sail something well, God takes them with him.” How far off am I?
Anyhow, that 1664 building is on Anchor Street and leads to the De Haas shipyard.
Harbor tug Maassluis was built right here by De Haas in 1949.
Below is a photo I took of her back in 2014 in Dordrecht.
Salvage vessel Bruinvisch first launched in 1937, and has returned to a pristine state by the efforts of many volunteers. You can befriend her on FB at “Bergingsvaartuig Bruinvisch.”
Notice the white building off the stern of tug Hudson? That is the National Dutch Towage Museum. I wanted to visit but came at the wrong hour. Oh well, next time, Kees.
The next three photos come from John van der Doe, who sent them a few months back.
Furie is a sea-going steam tug built in 1916. You can see many photos of her on FB at “StichtingHollandsGlorie.”
And Hudson, 1939, currently without an engine, narrowly escaped being scrapped. She spent a number of years in the 60s and 70s as a floating ice-making plant.
Many thanks to John for these last photos. All others by Will Van Dorp, who has more Maassluis photos tomorrow. One more for now, the day I was there, Furie was over in the De Haas yard.
And below is a print I found on board Hercules–this coming Sunday’s p0st–showing Furie in a dramatic sea.
I couldn’t get a photo, but as a monument in a traffic circle in Maassluis, there’s a huge beting aka H-bitt. Here’s a photo . . . it may be the third one.
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April 16, 2016 at 4:05 am
sfdi1947
Wasn’t Furie one of the Rescue Tug in Jan de Hertzog’s book, “Cruel Sea?”
April 16, 2016 at 9:56 am
tugster
SFDI– You’re right that Furie/Fury is the rescue tug in de Hartog’s book . .. The Captain. If anyone’s never read anything by de Hartog, it’s a great read. I like his The Lost Sea. Here’s some more info on de Hartog, who spent the last decades of his life in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_de_Hartog
The actual tug Furie/Fury was seen in some of the filming of Hollandse Glorie. By the way, the whole movie/pilot for TV series is available online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlmV5gRWAuM
Cruel Sea was a different book written by Nicholas Monserrat, a must-read for sea-faring drama. I don’t recall that a real rescue tug was named in that, and I don’t have a copy handy.
April 16, 2016 at 9:03 pm
Daniel Meeter
Also, de Hartog’s wonderful book on the 1953 Flood, I think it’s The Littlest Ark. Let me check.
April 16, 2016 at 8:56 am
Daniel Meeter
“The man who sails his course well, him God takes into his fellowship.” Will, the Grote Kerk of Maassluis, one of the great post-Reformation church buildings, with a famous organ, and I’ll bet your parents had LP records of Feike Asma playing it, and maybe also of Gemeentezang records from that church. Also famous for its ship models in its interior. Let me look for a couple photos on line.
April 16, 2016 at 8:57 am
Daniel Meeter
April 16, 2016 at 9:45 am
tugster
Daniel– You help me understand something here; as we walked around Maassluis, a verbose and knowledgeable Dutch person asked if we knew when the church would open because it was locked and he wanted to see the organ. The downside of going through these towns so quickly is missing great things like hearing this organ playing, which youtube enables me to share here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq5ufKS1sv8
April 16, 2016 at 9:05 pm
Daniel Meeter
The Little Ark.