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Thursday, 3 April 2014

Dutch bark Jean Baptiste underway Pensacola, USA bound for Middelburg, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 26 July 1889

An item dated Vlissingen the 25th reported that the Dutch bark ship Jean Baptiste (1) captain G. Bruijn of De Groof&Co., Vlissingen, Netherlands underway from Pensacola, USA towards Middelburg, Netherlands passed on the 23rd Praivle Point and was expected to arrive at Vlissingen, Netherlands that same evening.

Note
1. Lijst van de Nederlandsche Oorlogs- en koopvaardijschepen met hunne onderscheidingsseinen uit het Internationaal Seinboek ten dienste van alle Natiën. Rotterdam, 1892. Callsign PFKH. Net tonnage 891 tonnen, 2.254,60 cubic metres or 795,90 tons of 2,83 cubic metres.