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Monday 22 August 2016

Dutch tug Zwarte Zee towed British depot ship Pembroke to the ship breakers according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 26 February 1923

An item reported the departure of the Dutch tug Zwarte Zee on the 24th from Chatham, England and now arrived at Granton while towing the former battleship Egremont (1) which was to be broken up.

Note
1. Laid down as the British armoured frigate at the Chatham Dockyard, England on 1 August 1861, launched on 23 December 1863, completed on 26 November 1864, depot ship since 1901, renamed Hibernia in 1902, in March 1904 Egmont, on 18 June 1916 Egremont, on 6 June 1919 Pembroke and sold to the Granton Shipbreaking Company to be broken up on 26 January 1923.