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Thursday 25 August 2016

Dutch ocean-going tugs Zwarte Zee and Witte Zee towed British harbour depot ship Indus II towards ship breakers according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 18 April 1923

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An item dated Rotterdam, Netherlands reported that the Dutch ocean-going tugs Zwarte Zee and Witte Zee of L. Smit&Co. departed that day from Devonport, England towards Dover, England towing the British 15.000 ton battleship Victorious to the ship breakers to be broken up under the Washington Naval Treaty.

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1. Laid down at the Chatham Dockyard, England on 28 May 1894, launched by the later queen Mary on 19 October 1895, completed in November 1896, commissioned on 26 November 1896, refitted at Chatham, England between 8 August 1903-February 1904, guard ship in 1914, laid up with main armament removed until September 1915m converted into a repair ship by Palmers, Jarrow between September 1915-February 1916, commissioned on 22 February 1916, stationed at Scapa Flow, renamed Indus II and transferred to Devonport, England in March 1920, refit there to be used with the Indus Establishment cancelled, a conversion into a harbour depot ship was stopped in April 1922, sold to be broken up on 19 December 1922, sale cancelled on 1 March 1923, resold on 9 April 1923 and broken up at Dover, England.
2. Result of the Washington Naval Conference between November 1921-February 1922 signed by USA, England, Japan, Italy and France to limit the building of battleships, battle cruisers and aircraft carriers and to limit the possession of such capital ships by stopping completion of breaking up already existing.