Radio Holland Group
Radio Holland Group has been founded in 1916 by a number of principal Dutch shipping companies aiming at installation, maintenance and operation of shipradiostations. The company got a worldwide reputation as a specialist in maritime electronis during the following years. Today Radio Holland Group is a trendsetting house of systems, specialized in noval, efficient and appropiate solutions at the field of satellite- and radiocommunication, automation, observation- and navigation systems. We supply, integrate and install advanced equipment of high quality for all electronics on board.

Maritime Museum Rotterdam
The Maritime Museum Rotterdam owns an important collection, the base of which is already been laid in 1852. Prince Hendrik (1820-1879), husband of Queen Wilhelmina, promoted the birth of the "Room of Models" of the Royal Dutch Yachtclub. From this room, which was only open for clubmembers, a public municipal museum was established in 1874. This institute evolved into the Maritime Museum Rotterdam which is the oldest maritime museum in the Netherlands nowadays.

National Towage Museum
This museum resides at 1-3 Hoogstraat, Maassluis since 1979. A museum which does not only show the Smit Tugs operations, but also artifacts of other important salvage companies such as Wijsmuller, Doeksen and ITC. Next to the towage at sea attention is also paid to neighbouring towage and maritime activities, not only the inland and Rhine towage but also the off-shore industry, salvage and heavy transport.

Nautic Book Shop
Here you will fond everything about Dutch navigation such as an online database with information about 6000 Dutch ships, pictures of hundreds of ships, the latest books, CD-roms and video in the navigation domain. All articles can be ordered online and are delivered within 5 working days. It will take some longer time abroard. You pay by means of a notice after deliverance. This site is only in Dutch language.

The Netherlands Maritime Museum
The Netherlands Maritime Museum is housed in the National Naval Depot, built in 1655 as an arsenal for the Dutch Navy. The unique ans superb collection tell the story of the maritime past of the Netherlands. The jetty outside the Museum provides a permanent berth for a replica of the Dutch East Indiaman AMSTERDAM. The crew on board takes you back in time.

The National Lifesaving Museum DORUS RIJKERS
The National Lifesaving Museum "Dorus Rijkers" presents the history of lifesaving throughout the ages. You are taken through this history by means of documents, newspaper items, ships design, maquettes, shipmodels and lifesaving equipment. From hijacking of stranded ships to the establishment of the lifesaving companies in the Netherlands until the todays situation: a well-organized and technically well-equiped lifesaving system along the whole Dutch coast.

Mobal
Interesting Facts on Telegraphy.

Hellemonster
Is a magazin for and made by morse lovers. It is part of the "Hellemonster" Foundation, established december 19th 2001, residing at Rotterdam. Our goal is to collect and distribute funny, exciting, strange and technical stories which have a link with morsetelegraphy saving them for our posterity. And also to create interest for the old profession to the future radio-amateurs to prevent the morsetelegraphy from being forgotten.

Seefunker by Sylvester Foecking
This German website contains a mass information about the history of coaststations all over the world, including their sound.

Fons Vanden Berghen
Here you will find a collection of images of some of the instruments in the fantastic collection of Fons Vanden Berghen. Fons is a collector of 19th century telegraph instruments. As you will see, these are rare and beautiful instruments.
Fons is also a collector of very early wireless (especially Marconi), very early radio and telephony, and very early electricity (all items and related books).