Ship Details
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Registry #1	(Netherlands Register)	Registry #2	(Sweden Register)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	(nk)	Hedwig	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	(nk)	Place	Batavia	Area		Country	Dutch East Indies

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	? x ? x ?
Builder	(nk)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	149	Type 1	Schooner (auxiliary)
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	diesel engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Sail/screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain L.H. Eppina (1930)

 

Owner(s)

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was said to have been a rum runner and that this vesselmade one 9-month rum running trip May 30, 1930. On December 3, 1930 this vessel ran ashore on a coral reef off Pratas Island (also known as the Tungsha Islands) and was wrecked. The British destroyer HMS Stormcloud stood by to rescue her crew of 12.

 

References
Miles, Fraser (1992); https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74949613 (website viewed 16/11/2023); "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 45687. London. 4 December 1930. col F, p. 27.
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