She was propelled by two-stroke single-acting eight-cylinder oil engines creating a total of 3,600 horsepower (2,700 kW).

[1][2] The ship Theron was built by Gebroeders Pot N. V. in Bolnes, the Netherlands for Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij, (KNSM).

At 6:30am the captain of the ship called that the engines stopped running and wanted to be rescued because the boat was sinking.

The three remaining people onboard of the Eurabia Sun, inclusive the captain, were rescued in the meantime by a helicopter of the Netherlands Naval Aviation Service and brought to Leeuwarden.

[7][8][9] The crew members were brought to the Zeemanshuis [nl] in Amsterdam and later flew home by plane.

[10] In February 1975 a Royal Netherlands Navy diver died during an investigation into the double bottom of the ship.

According to a sailor involved in the mission, Knol may have come into contact with hazardous substances, because later divers also surfaced more or less unconscious.

The operation was complicated by the fuel oil still present on board, which could cause environmental problems tf it were to flow into the sea.