S.T. Cornelis IJM15 (Wartime visitor)

Additional information courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Official Number: Unknown
Yard Number: 205
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 208
Net Tonnage: 76
Length: 120.9 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Hull

1900: Launched by Bonn & Mees, Rotterdam (Yd.No.205) for Stoomvisscherij Mij. “Mercurius”, IJmuiden as EVELINE.
4.1900: Completed (I. S. Groen, manager). Registered at IJmuiden (IJM15).
1922: New boiler fitted.
10.1928: Sold to Visscherij Mij. “Cornelis Bart”, IJmuiden (C. Stam, manager). Registered at IJmuiden as CORNELIS (IJM15).
1934: P. Koopman & E. van der Plas appointed managers.
1940: Escaped to England.
1940s: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
20.7.1945: Arrived back in IJmuiden.
1951: Sold to shipbreakers.
17.8.1951: Sailed IJmuiden for shipbreakers. IJmuiden registry closed.

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 S.T. Cornelis IJM15

S.T. Cornelis IJM15
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 S.T. Cornelis IJM15

S.T. Cornelis IJM15
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 S.T. Cornelis IJM15

S.T. Cornelis IJM15
Picture courtesy of The Jan Harteveld Collection

 S.T. Cornelis IJM15

S.T. Cornelis IJM15
Picture courtesy of The Jan Harteveld Collection

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23/04/2013: Page published. 4 updates since then.
18/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.