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Title: Wreck at Muiden
Post by: davidships on February 17, 2024, 07:25:12 PM

Does anyone know the story of this wreck at Muiden, near Amsterdam?
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4300/36062510791_650b85b26e_b.jpg (https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4300/36062510791_650b85b26e_b.jpg)

Title: Re: Wreck at Muiden
Post by: davidships on February 29, 2024, 02:15:53 AM

I was surprised that no photos of this ship, whether as a wreck or earlier, had been posted on the site.

Member Mafioso has done some digging.  In summary
1944 built by Herd & Mackenzie, Buckie, Scotland as an MMS1-Class minesweeper and handed over to the Royal Netherlands Navy as Hr.Ms. MARKEN.
1957 Zeekadetkorps Nederland, Utrecht
1977 Stichting het Varend Museumschip, Muiden and converted to the 3-masted barquentine ELISABETH SMIT, for tourist voyages on the IJsselmeer, based at Muiden
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amsterdam_sail_1990_4.jpg (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amsterdam_sail_1990_4.jpg)
10/2002 suffered severe damage at her berth in Muiden in a storm; wreck remained in situ, gradually deteriorating
12/2020 wreck demolished on site and removed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Aefr0iQH8  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Aefr0iQH8)

Title: Re: Wreck at Muiden
Post by: Mafioso on February 29, 2024, 07:45:31 AM

Exactly, a shipwreck in a port can be seen and it seems strange to me too, since the ship was abandoned for several years and was even destroyed in situ and nobody published anything.

But investigating everything is found.

It is a pity that such a beautiful ship was abandoned like this.

I really felt sorry for her, beautiful boat

Title: Re: Wreck at Muiden
Post by: Mafioso on February 29, 2024, 08:13:39 AM

Sorry friend but I love to put the location.

And add Google Earth images so you can see the history of the ship from being a beautiful ship to being abandoned.

Location: 52°20'11.3 "N 5°04'10.4 "E

Google Maps:
https://acortar.link/7xUiti

In Google Maps you can't see the ship, because it was scrapped in 2022.

But if you use Google Earth you will see this:

5/2004
https://i.ibb.co/GnJGsJr/ELISABETH-SMIT-1.jpg

6/2006
https://i.ibb.co/Pmz1ByL/ELISABETH-SMIT-2.jpg

9/2013 abandoned
https://i.ibb.co/v4rPB2X/ELISABETH-SMIT-3.jpg

4/2019 destroyed
https://i.ibb.co/CPSDwf3/ELISABETH-SMIT-4.jpg

9/2021 already scrapped on site
https://i.ibb.co/8PCR9fX/ELISABETH-SMIT-5.jpg

Now the ship has a story to tell