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Name: NOORDKAPER
Type: Whaling Ship
Launched: 02/02/1870
Completed: 24/04/1870
Builder: WB Hornby
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 5
Dimensions: 239grt, 198nrt, 110.7 x 21.6 x 11.6ft
Engines: 2cyl (22 & 22 x 24ins), 42ihp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, also schooner rigged with sails
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1870 Nederlandsche Maatschappij voor de Walvischvaart NV, Amsterdam
12/1872 Afrikaanse Handelsvereniging (H Kerdijck & L Pincoffs), Rotterdam
by 1879 Brantjes, Purmerend
1879 Broken up
Comments: 1879: Broken up in Holland