Dutch Tugs 10
Hat tip to Jan van der Doe for sending along a set of tugboat photos from the Lekhaven area of Rotterdam harbor. Rather than shotgun approach and posting a lot of photos, I just chose one tugboat for today’s post . . . Brutus. Click here to get all the specs for the boat. […]
Dutch Tugs 9
On a windy day recently in the Beerkanaal section greater Rotterdam harbor, Jan Oosterboer took these photos, passed along by Jan van der Doe. The small boats here are operated by the KRVE, self-translated as “rowers” but more likely we’d call them linesmen. The more distant KRVE boat is alongside Smit Cheetah. The link that follow […]
Dutch Tugs 8
These photos come via Jan van der Doe and were taken by Jan Oosterboer in the Lekhaven area of Rotterdam. Lingestroom, a Damen Shoalbuster 3512 design and launched in 2017, measures 114′ x 39′ and is powered by triple screw driven by three Caterpillar C32-TTA SCAC. Unrelated, notice the stack for the Atlanship SA orange juice tanker […]
Second Lives 32
Zee Bart periodically sends me photos from the North Sea and adjoining ports. A few months back he sent these, and I’ve filed them until now. These photos illustrate what can be done with old work boats. Here’s what Zee Bart writes: “The old tug here is Grada, a 1927 tug with a Stork […]
Dutch Tugs 7
Again, these photos come via Jan van der Doe from Vianen at the Merwedekanaal, and taken by Huug Pieterse from Arkel and Leo Schuitemaker from Klundert. By the way, Klundert became a city in 1357! Noorderlight dates from 1941. I’m not sure which small tug she’s towing. Wiepke, 1946. Zuiderzee, 1930. Maartje Anna, 1923. Finally, for […]
Dutch Tugs 6
These photos come via Jan van der Doe from Vianen at the Merwedekanaal, and taken by Huug Pieterse from Arkel and Leo Schuitemaker from Klundert. By the way, Klundert became a city in 1357! I’m making an attempt at matching these up with some basic info. So Storm dates from 1909 and David from 1947. Harmonie […]
Earth-on-Water Day 3
Since I’m not yet out of the bayou, and since Mage–who might need some cheering up– requested it, here are more photos from the currently ongoing flower parade on the waterways of Westland, a section of the province of South Holland in the low country aka Netherlands. Hey . . . they brought out the […]
Other Watersheds 12 Redux B
If I have these dates right, Pieter Boele was built in 1893! Clearly this hull was built for towing, that bow not built for pushing. Of course, the same would be true of the 1913 Jan de Sterke. Dockyard IX dates from 1915. I know the small tug is called Furie, considered a push boat. […]
Other Watersheds 12 Redux A
Eight years ago, I had the opportunity to go to the steam festival on the waterways in Dordrecht NL. Here, here, and here are posts that came from that. That festival has just completed again, and thanks to Jan van der Doe, here are photos of some fine restored circa century-old Dutch steam tugs. Hercules, […]
Thanks to Zee Bart 2
Zee Bart sent some more photos from his vessel taken in December and January. Orion 4 is a waterboat. Here’s a translation of the function from the vessel website: “The [business] Waterboat IJmuiden [pronounced eye MY den] was founded by Mr. Jan Overvliet and his wife Tante Dien, captain and captain of the steam tugboat […]
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