An item reported that the Dutch bark ship Gerhardus (1) captain Bruijn lying at Middelburg, Netherlands would be inspected in the dry dock and then departed for Pensacola, USA for a cargo of timber destined for Middelburg, Netherlands.
Note
1. Former German Gerhard (built in 1860) and renamed Gerhardus. Since 1892 (?) property of H.R. Engelsman, Stadskanaal, Netherlands. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 25 January 1897 published an item dated London the 24th reporting that a telegram from New Orleans, USA was received reporting that she was stranded and lost on Timbilier Island. At that moment was she loaded with timber. Her captain Engelsman and his crew were saved. She arrived on 16 November 1896 at Sabina Pas coming from Rotterdam. Lijst van de Nederlandsche Oorlogs- en koopvaardijschepen met hunne onderscheidingsseinen uit het Internationaal Seinboek ten dienste van alle Natiën. Rotterdam, 1890. Callsign NTCB. Net tonnage 2.510,69 cubic metres or 887,17 tons of 2,83 cubic metres.
