An item dated Vlissingen the 6th
reported that the Dutch bark ship Poel captain Abrahamsen property of De Groof
collided in the Baltic Sea off Bornholm with
the Swedish bark ship Wilhelm Gijnther causing considerable damage. She managed
despite her holds were filled with water to arrive safely at Karlshamn, Sweden.
No one of the crew was hurt. She had been underway with a cargo of timber from Riga, Latvia
towards Middelburg, Netherlands.