An announcement reported that the fast newly coppered 1st class Dutch bark ship G.H. Betz captain S. Schaafsma Tzn was lying in Rotterdam destined towards Macassar. For more details could be asked at shipbrokers Hudig&Pietsr and J.A. Nieuwkamp in Rotterdam and the Wed. Jan van Wesel&Zoon at Amsterdam or the owners L. ‘t Hoen&Co. at Rotterdam.(1)
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1. Lijst van de Nederlandsche Oorlogs- en Koopvaardijschepen met hunne onderscheidingsseinen, uit het Internationaal Seinboek ten dienste van alle Natiën. Rotterdam, 1869. Improved with latest information until 1 April 1869. Bark, homeport Rotterdam, measurement 431 tons, call sign NGWS and called Betz (G.H.). For more details see the website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=2380 which reported that she was built in 1867 in Sunderland as the Redgauntlet, renamed G.H. Betz in 1869, in 1881 Johanna Maria, in 1892 Ida and finally sold for ƒ 1.275 to S. de Boer in Makkum to be broken up.
