With the kind and invaluable help of the Maritime Museum of Rotterdam we have found out that TG was built in 1914 in Heeg, Friesland.
Her first Meetbrief records her registration on 12th October 1914 in Sneek. She was registered as "De Jong Sjoerd" which means the young Sjoerd, Sjoerd being a Christian name in the Netherlands. It seems likely that she was named after her first owners son.
She was listed as a Roefschip which was a barge with a very low pitched roof over her cargo hold. There is a good description with the correct names for all the various components on this website http://www.skutsjehistorie.nl/onderdelen_skutsje.php Hover over the words and the corresponding component is highlighted on the drawing.
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| Her initial registration on 12th October 1914 |
Her next record dates back to 1941 and gives the name of the yard where she was built as "Gebr de Jong. We have managed to find a great Dutch website with detailed information about this yard http://www.skutsjehistorie.nl/scheepsbouw.php?id=86
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| Her second registration document dated 1941 |
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| De Jong Sjoerd sailing in 1946 |
The final record we have is dated 1978 and was probably made just before she left the Netherlands for the UK. She is now listed as Twee Gebroeders.
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| Her third registration document dated 1978 |
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