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BETULA
Unusual steel Thames barge that was built in 1924 in Netherlands as a cargo barge, then modified from a bulk cement barge in 1997.
built 1924 Gideon, Groningen
1924 C Meester as STAD ALMELO 1 (NLD flag, reg Zwolle)
19xx renamed TRENTE 1
1947 renamed GEJO (reg Deventer)
1965 Cement Transport, Groningen, renamed WILJA (reg Groningen, ENI 02200514), converted to cement tanker
1975 Cement Tankvaart BV, Raamsdonksveer, renamed MARTELAARSGRACHT
1988 Hokken BV, Zuilichem, converted to live-aboard
1997 Eddie Smith, Pin Mill, Essex, renamed BETULA (GBR flag, reg Ipswich, ON SSR87565), shortened and altered at Werkendam to a staysail barge, based at Pin Mill - 23.6 x 5.40m
2016 for sale at Pin Mill
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https://www.binnenvaart.eu/motorvrachtschip/24379-stad-almelo-1.html
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