-- below is Dutch to English translation – – courtesy of Babelfish – –

there, the tip which I placed vanmiddag came after a phone call of a knowledge. I cannot confirm that therefore. The ship stands overcrowded cheap goods, material and disorder and seems me not yet ready for immediate descends on Wednesday. What I hereafter I with my own eyes have seen, then I vannacht after an evening from still even along the ship went. What I here write has do nothing with ratio, but everything with feeling. And what I saw vannacht me went right to the heart. The zendmasten of the Norderney lie at present on the quay/parking of Kempisch cough up. What more terrible is: them are both doormidden gezaagd off the 12 meters! The first mast had been indeed demolished in the top. The hindmost zendmast (each zendmast exist from three beams/bray introduced against each other that 24 meters high hollow construction forms) are open halfly as if ie with all violence against the ground have been dumped and open has burst. On the ship stretched concerning voorplecht, fairy of the cupboard midscheeps and the bridge, lie two nagelnieuwe (I think metal) masts, completely with ordered points of attachment for the stays. I can be mistaken itself, but it seems that the last bit radio Veronica was definitively obtained of the ship. The historical bearers of 14 years headstock history, lie as large dirt on the street between the freight carriages, in four pieces gezaagd, wait for a destiny to which them have not deserved. This are not done! I hope that I am mistaken myself, but I fear the brunt. The fairy of the cupboard midscheeps was tackled with the slijpschijf. On every side of it enormous breaches were sharpened. You can look at there entirely doorheen. The owners of the Norderney do with their ship what them wants, it is their property, but the way one deals with this bit heritage does think me of cried from the last days, then in 1974… I do not become good! Fake zendmasten? The Veronica has deserved a destiny better than this ontluisterende sight.

" Reported in the evening hours other time of a reader of the Freewave mediums journal from Antwerp. This time Pierre Claessens, which antennas also its have turned off. ' Hedenmorgen ten hours were there no more observe activities to border of the Norderney. The course beam had been also got in. I spoke with a Polish lorry driver, who fortunately what was possible German, and me told that also Polish work men had worked for the ship. Last Wednesday had he a loop sieve with them and this way got he that to know Portugal the destination will do be the Norderney service there as a music boat. present afternoon a Dutchman could communicate that it was waited there for favourably to lighten the anchor, the Schelde opvarend with destination Vlissingen.

ubject: The Norderney are now underway to Vlissingen and afterwards probable (!) by direction Mediterranean sea! Hello everyone. From the contents of the link mentioned below falls on at to make that at this moment the " Norderney" it is dragged off of Antwerp to Vlissingen where this old zendschip will be ballasted, this for the stabliteit during dragging, for its sleep-reis direction Mediterranean sea, or as an end aim " somewhere in Portugal". Who wants will look at to Vlissingen to what will happen now further with this ship. Cordial greeting Nico Gouda. Look on http://www.norderney.nl/logboek.html P.S. It can be that the sleep to the mouth of the Westerschelde port side goes direction Portugal and that a port at Vlissingen NOT will be struck as!!!

ther time is descended on rumours. A phone call to the port authorities in Antwerp learns that you the ship still ordinary in the port lies. For leeway is not now also this way well for the coming days, therefore that is point 2. Moreover my contact has also got at Belga by means of Wout of of the more affirmative that the ship still provisionally there is not gone ivm it. Further want leave he other time nothing loose. As soon as I more weet communicate myself I groet Hans top.