An item reported that the brokers D. Tentye, H. Beth Tammesz and F.W. Kirschbaum intended to sell on Monday 6 February at 17.00 o’clock in the Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam on auction the extra ordinary well sailing fluytship Onverwagt, commandeur Pieter Besemer, in 1771 newly fitted out and in 1790 intensively repaired with as dimensions 114½ x 28’9”x 12’9”height verdeck 6’8”and height of the steering platform 9’4” and all the whale catchers tools property of this commandeur.
