An announcement reported that on Tuesday 17 March 1874 at 12.00 o’clock shipbrokers intended to sell on a public auction in the location corner Scheepmakershaven-Bierstraat wijk 1 no. 499 in Rotterdam the British fast coppered and copper fastened bark ship Valetta with as measurement 349 tons and dimensions 30 x 6,45 x 4,71 (hold) metres with inventory. She was now lying in the Zalmhaven, Rotterdam.
