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Saturday, 18 February 2012

Dutch whaler De Goede Hoop for sale at Rotterdam according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamse courant dated 21 October 1794

An announcement reported that the brokers Jacob Beyerman de Jonge and Willem van Dame J.H. Zoon intended to sell that day at 15.00 o’clock in the tavern het Zwynshoofd at Rotterdam the extra ordinary well sailing fluytship De Goede Hoop, last commandeur Jan Jacobse Vroom, dimensions 112¾’ x 28¾’x 12¾’, height between deck 7¼’ and all the whale catchers tools.