An announcement reported that the coppered Dutch bark ship Ada captain J.G. Wiebenga was lying in Rotterdam destined for Surabaya. Well passenger accommodations. For more details could be asked at shipbrokers Hudig&Blokhuizen and Kuijper van Dam&Smeer at Rotterdam and De Coningh&Co. at Amsterdam and the owners Van Overzee&Co. at Rotterdam.(1)
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1. Lijst van de Nederlandsche Oorlogs- en Koopvaardijschepen met hunne onderscheidingsseinen, uit het Internationaal Seinboek ten dienste van alle Natiën. Rotterdam, 1869. Improved with latest information until 1 April 1869. Bark Zeemanshoop, homeport Rotterdam, measurement 711 tons and call sign QDBP. The edition 1870 mentioned a bark Ada with as measurement 711 tons, homeport Rotterdam and as call sign NBGL. See for more details the website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=109 which reported that she was built in 1853 at the shipyard of Jan Schouten in Dordrecht as Jan Schouten, renamed 1862 Zeemanshoop, in 1869 Ada and sold in 1877 to Germany. The newspaper Opregte Haarlemsche Courant dated 31 August 1853 reported the launching on the 29th [=Monday] of the bark ship Jan Schouten at the shipyard of shipbuilder Jan Schouten in Dordrecht for the firm G. [=Gerard] Mauritz&Zn. in Dordrecht. The newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 30 August added that the launching was at 12.00 o’clock. Gerard Mauritz (baptized 7 September 1768 Dordrecht-8 December 1838 Dordrecht) married in 1802 in Dordrecht Christina Anthonia ‘t Hooft (1782 Dordrecht-10 Oktober 1854 Dordrecht), his sons were Jacob (1805-1887) and Hendrik (1816-1844).
