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Thursday, 5 April 2012

Call signs of Dutch merchant ships with as homeport Surinam in 1867

The Dutch departments of Home Affairs and Navy published a list of the Dutch war- and merchant ships including the so-called Gouvernementsmarine which was active in the Dutch East Indies. The list I used was published by H. Nijgh at Rotterdam and was kept update until 1 October 1867.

TMBC=bark Alice Tariton of 246 tons
TMBJ=schooner brig Autumn of 143 tons
TMBP=schooner Carolus of 37 tons
TMCD=brig Celestial of 227 tons
TMCN=schooner Charlotte of 36 tons
TMCV=schooner Eleanora Dessé of 31 tons
TMDB=schooner Ellen of 44 tons
TMDH=schooner Flora Anna of 44 tons
TMDR=schooner Flying Dutchman of 46 tons
TMFD=schooner Hermina of 38 tons
TMFP=schooner Lady of the Night of 43 tons
TMFV=schooner Onderneming of 59 tons, homeport was Paramaribo
TMGB=schooner brig Paramaribo of 193 tons
TMGG=schooner Plymouth Belle of 43 tons
TMGQ=schooner brig Unicorn of 140 tons
TMHC=bark Vereeniging of 338 tons