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Freya (ex - De Nederlander, ex -
Westerschelde)
Operating Area : North
Sea, Germany
As De Nederlander on 25th May 1990 near
Alblasserdam on the River Noord whilst sailing from Dordrecht to Rotterdam
Photo
courtesy of Hubert Kraaivanger
Built in 1905 by J & K Smit, Kinderdijk,
Netherlands
Engines : Compound Triple Diagonal, replaced by compound diagonal and
diesel auxiliary (Schottel unit)
Length : 51.6 metres x 11.4 metres
Built for service out of
Vlissingen on the Westerschelde and named Westerschelde
Sold to the De Klok shipyard at Terneuzen in 1933 and in 1935 on to
Mr Zwaans of Oosterhout for use as a bunkering station
Bought in 1988 by Mr Klemens Key, whose father Wijnand Key had
earlier bought Reederij op de Lek 6 for restoration
Restoration started in 1989 at Zaandam, with a second-hand compound
steam engine dating from 1926 and boiler dating from 1967
In service as De Nederlander in 1990 for the Nederlands
Raderstoomboot Maatschappij, for charters around the Rotterdam Docks
and to Hook of Holland
Sold in December 1999 to the Insel- und Halligreederei Company owned by Mr Sven
Paulsen, a major operator of modern excursion vessels and ferries and based
at List in 2000
From November 2000 has been based at Kiel and operates services on the Kiel
canal and the Kieler Foerde, but also occasionally out of Hamburg and Rostock.
Photo taken on Kiel Canal
by Olaf Eidelstedt (External web link)
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