today after years of waiting and hoping if this vessel ever come to her homeport, she finally made her maiden-call to Scheveningen, the Willem van der Zwan, 2nd largest trawler in the world.
some specifications:
build: 2000
length: 142,5m
width: 18,7 m
capacity: between 250.000 and 300.000 boxes of fish (25 kilograms each)
demolished in 2007 by a huge fire and rebuild in 2008/2009 from the tanktops to the masts.
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/Willem%20Van%20der%20Zwan%2034_zps1uwtncbb.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/Sch302WillemVdZwan4_zpst59wmido.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/SCH-302WillemvanderZwan02WKruit_zpsee6gcn7l.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/Zwan_3_zpsafdwfxdh.jpg.html)
but now some pictures of today.
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/IMG_9623_zpsxjyqrmby.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/willem1_zpsyalolhtn.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/willem3_zpsuulkthnn.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/willem4_zpsl70rl69v.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/willem6_zps1m9zvxsi.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/willem5_zpspns6fyrt.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/willem9_zps747v3ofm.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/IMG_9629_zpsabllloi3.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/IMG_9631_zpsltpmkl7c.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/IMG_9648_zpsgkdnl6je.jpg.html)
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/IMG_9649_zps3m7kgn3p.jpg.html)
The Zeeland looks like a dinky toy with the Willem van der Zwan in front of her
(http://s376.photobucket.com/user/michaeltaal/media/IMG_9662_zpsdhv7ktv2.jpg.html)