| Name: | VILLE D'ANVERS |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 26/06/1869 |
| Completed: | 1869 |
| Builder: | Readhead, Softley & Co |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 45 |
| Dimensions: | 468grt, 423nrt, 153.0 x 27.6 x 16.0ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1869 | Oostendorp & Co, Antwerp |
| 1882 | CHH Winters, Elsfleth, Germany; renamed BESSEL |
| 1891 | Fr Hilken, Vegesack, Germany |
| 1899 | A/S I/S Bessel (Nicolay Olsen), Tvedestrand |
| 28/10/1912 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 28/10/1912: Stranded in the entrance to Port Audierne after anchors fail in a storm |
| On a voyage from Aruba to Nantes with a cargo of phosphate | |
| 29/10/1912: Abandoned vessel carried by the tide onto the harbour pier | |
| 24/11/1912: Tugs attempt to refloat the vessel but only succeed in blocking the entrance | |
| 03/1913: Wreckage dispersed with explosives |
Above photo as BESSEL is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as BESSEL is courtesy of Photoship