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Saturday 1 February 2020

Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (N.H.M.) hired Dutch frigate Noord-Braband as troop transport according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 10 January 1865

An item reported that the N.H.M. hired the Dutch ship Noord-Brabant captain J.C.W. Loos to transport 125 soldiers included 10 non-commissioned officers and 8-9 cabin passengers from the Netherlands towards Java, Dutch East Indies. They have to board on 10 December.(1)

Note
1. Frigate, captain W. Loos (earlier Bok), owned by P. Rademakers en Comp., tonnage 636 tons, built in 1856, homeport Delfshaven, Netherlands. Source Staat der Nederlandsche Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot op 1 Januarij 1864.