An announcement reported that on Tuesday 25 August 1863 shipbrokers intended to sell on a public auction in the location corner Scheepmakershaven-Bierstraat wijk 1 no. 499 in Rotterdam the extra ordinary fast coppered and copper fastened Dutch bark ship Vrede captain J.L. ten Bruggen with a measurement of 469 tons and as dimensions 35,90 x 6,11 x 4,81 (hold) metres. She was now lying in the Vlugthaven, Rotterdam.