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Name: MINISTER TAK VAN POORTVLIET
Type: Passenger Cargo ship
Launched: 30/09/1891
Completed: 11/1891
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 48
Dimensions: 749grt, 380nrt, 205.7 x 29.2 x 14.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 33ins), 165nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1909: 129209)
History:
11/1891 NV Zeeuwsche Stoomvaart Mij, Vlissingen
1894 NV Hollandsche Scheepvaart Mij, Amsterdam
24/06/1909 James Holliday, Hull; renamed GENERAL WOLFE
28/06/1911 Sank
Comments: 28/06/1911: Collided with ARANMORE and sank off Murray Bay in the St Lawrence River
On a voyage from Seven Islands to Quebec with passengers and general cargo


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 02/10/1891