An announcement reported that broker Johan Soetebier intended to sell on a public auction on Thursday 26 November at 16.00 o’clock in the tavern Wynkoopers Huis in Middelburg the frigate ship Torenburg 1748 newly fitted out with as dimensions 99¾’x 30’8½’ (within hull) 12’7½” and height between deck behind the mainmast 6¾” and fore 6’ with inventory. She was now lying in the harbour. For more details could be asked at the broker, Molenwater, Middelburg.
