3-028-339 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Arrested in the Downs: the Belgian steamer "Prince Charles de Belgique", 1909. 'The "Prince Charles de Belgique" was arrested by Customs House officers, acting on behalf of the Admiralty Court, while passing Dover, on a charge of having collided with the British dredger "Gandia" and the Spanish fishing-boat "Santa Teresa". A close watch for her had been kept by Customs officers and boatmen, and their vigilance was rewarded when they espied her coming up the Channel. She was on her way to London when boarded'. From "Illustrated London News", 1909.