The Danish topsail schooner Valborg of Viele off the Noord Hinder lightship, with the pilot cutter approaching

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A. de Clerk (fl.1900)
The Danish topsail schooner Valborg of Viele off the Noord Hinder lightship, with the pilot cutter approaching
inscribed 'Valborg af Veile' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 x 38 in. (63.5 x 96.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The wooden topsail schooner Valborg was built by Gylding & Lindtner at Veile (Denmark) in 1877. First registered at 140 tons gross (133 net), she measured 90½ feet in length with a 20½ foot beam and spent most of her working life as a North Sea and Baltic trader. Still afloat in 1914, she became a casualty of war when she was sunk by a German submarine on 26^th October 1916 off Bougie (North Africa) whilst on passage from Chatham (New Brunswick, Canada) to Tunis carrying timber.

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