The sale of the Dutch merchant barkship Minerva according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated Saturday 9 April 1864

Last Wednesday evening was for ƒ 22,650 the Dutch coppered and covered with brass merchant bark ship Minerva with rigging and other inventory sold. Her last master was J. Botesz. Her measurement was 753 tonnen or 397 last with as dimensions 38,67 (prow) x 7,45 x 5,87 meters with a height between decks of 2,19 metres. Known as freighter for the Nederlandsche handelsmaatschappij was she built in at Middelburg 1840 and during the sale docked