The Poseidon was built in 1903 by the Duyvendijk shipyard in Papendrecht. She was commissioned by the Swets family and added to their existing fleet under the name ‘Zuid-Holland’ (South Holland.)

The ship carried freight to and from Germany over the Rhine and was used for a long time to transport building materials for the construction of the Delta Works in Zeeland.

For the last ten years she was fitted out as a motorship. The ship transported freight until 1997 when changes in the way cargo was consigned caused work to dry up for the owners of many of these small freighters.

We brought the ship to Harlingen and had her refitted and modernised into a charter sailing ship. She was taken into service in 1999 as the “Poseidon,” - God of the Sea.