An item dated Boulogne,
France 19th
reported that the Dutch ship Merapi captain Prul loaded with coffee underway
from Batavia, Dutch East Indies towards Dordrecht, Netherlands
was stranded 10 miles
south of Boulogne.
Assistance was underway with the hope that s he could be refloated if the
weather would not change.
Note
1. Clipper bark, ex-Anna Elisabeth renamed 1874. Composite-built at the shipyard De Nachtegaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
in 1870.