On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:40:45 +0200, "RtW" wrote:

Last night the replica of Prins Willim, a Dutch VOC ship was destroyed in a
fire.

Here's a link to a (Dutch) article:

http://www.nu.nl/algemeen/2051136/br...voc-schip.html

Bye,
René

What a shame. What, how, why. She was a beauty.
I did a translation and it was not the best but learned that this was
a replica, of a 1,660 or so vessel. Still the mind asks, what caused
such a horror?