Building of the Dutch merchant ships Loopuyt and Aeolus at Schiedam, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Zierikzeesche Courant dated Friday 19 September 1845

At Schiedam was on 15 September the bark ship Loopuyt of around 250 Java lasten launched destined for the Dutch East Indies trade shipping. Immediately afterwards was the keel laid down of the Aeolus of 360 lasten.

Note

1. In 1826 was the standard to calculate the cargo capacity of a ship the so-called roggelast (rogge=rye) of 2.075 kilo’s. In 1827 made the Nederlandsche Handels Maatschappij a list of all colonial products with their weights corresponding with the space needed for one roggelast. This became known as the Java last. For instance the weight of a Java last tea was 1.000 kilo, of pepper 1.600, of rice 2.000 and of coffee 1.500 kilo (in the practice in fact 1.800).