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Sunday, 18 September 2011

The public sale of the Dutch merchant schooner brig Zeenymph at Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1858

The Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad daily edition dated 14 October 1858 announced the public sale of the schooner brig ship Zeenymph on Tuesday 20 October 12.00 o’clock at Scheepmakershaven Wijk 1 no. 499 at Rotterdam. She was an extra ordinary fast sailer and coppered with as last master F. Schipper and according to the tonnage certificate with the dimensions 29 el 5 duim x 5 el 23 duim x 3 el 55 duim (1) and a measurement of 240 ton or 127 lasten with all her equipment. She was at that moment anchored in the Westerhaven at Rotterdam.

Note
1. An el was 1 meter and a duim 1 centimeter.