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Sunday 12 January 2020

Dutch bark ship Aeolus bound for Batavia, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 11 May 1869

An announcement reported that the very fast newly coppered Dutch bark ship Aeolus captain N.J. de Vries was to depart in May for Batavia. Well passenger accommodation, skilled doctor and milk cow on board. For more details could be asked at owners A. van Hoboken&Zonen and shipbrokers Kuyper van Dam&Smeer and Hudig&Blokhuyzen.(1)

Note
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. Mentioned a bark, homeport Rotterdam, measurement 690 tons and call sign NBMP.