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

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?

"joevan" wrote in message
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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?

It looks like a short-circuit in the kitchen...

Don't know if this works. This links should give a translated version:
http://nl.babelfish.yahoo.com/transl...Url=Vertal en


Original link (in Dutch):
http://www.vocsite.nl/schepen/detail.html?id=11191

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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

That's very bad news René, I saw the ship on the last Sail Amsterdam.
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Bouler (The Netherlands)

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"RtW" schreef in bericht
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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

That's very bad news René, I saw the ship on the last Sail Amsterdam.

Indeed very bad.
I remember me and my dad visiting the shipyard in Makkum, when the Prins
Willim was built.
I think I have some colorslides from those days somewhere.

Bye,
René

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



How very sad, but it happens to the best of us!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6675381.stm

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Some pictures of the remains of the Prins Willim. Although it's quite a
loss financially and for some sentimentally, the historical value minimal.
As it was only a stell built replica, and quite fake at that.. Still I hate
to see her go in this way.

Most funny thing was to see approximately 15 cannon floating around amids
the debris in the dock. The cannons were styrofoam with a plastic covering.
When the back had burned away, the front just dropped in the water....

Best regards,

Jeroen

Some footage of the fi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKIBaTHg5i4
(watch the small caravan when the masts come down....)