An announcement reported that the Dutch bark ship Nieuwland captain H.G. Rumaak was lying in the Veerhaven 5th section, Rotterdam destined for Batavia and Surabaya to depart soon. For more details could be asked at Vroege&De Wijs.(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. The newspaper Rotterdamsche Courant dated 13 March 1857 published an item dated Rotterdam the 12th reporting that a day earlier [Wednesday the 11th] at the shipyard of Gebr. Pot in Elshout,/Nieuw Lekkerland the bark ship Nieuwland of circa 4900 measured lasten was launched for J. Vroege in Alblasserdam, captain Bennink. For more details see the website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=2346 which reported that she was built at the shipyard of Gebrs. B. Pot in Elshout in 1857, renamed Bertha in 1876 and in 1893 sold to be broken up.
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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. The newspaper Rotterdamsche Courant dated 13 March 1857 published an item dated Rotterdam the 12th reporting that a day earlier [Wednesday the 11th] at the shipyard of Gebr. Pot in Elshout,/Nieuw Lekkerland the bark ship Nieuwland of circa 4900 measured lasten was launched for J. Vroege in Alblasserdam, captain Bennink. For more details see the website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=2346 which reported that she was built at the shipyard of Gebrs. B. Pot in Elshout in 1857, renamed Bertha in 1876 and in 1893 sold to be broken up.
