An announcement reported that the fast newly coppered 500 tons bark ship Henrietta captain J.R. Brouwer was lying in Amsterdam destined towards Padang on very short notice. Well passenger accommodations on board. For more details could be asked at Oolgaardt&Bruinier.(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, 1870. Improved with latest information until 1 April 1870. Bark Henriette, homeport Amsterdam, measurement 432 tons and call sign NWRL. The newspaper Rotterdamsche Courant dated 22 May 1855 published an item dated Rotterdam 19 May that at Amsterdam the same day the bark ship Henrietta of circa 200 lasten captain K. Haasnoot was launched at the shipyard het Witte Kruis of shipbuilders Jeremias Meijes en Zonen. The ship was build fr their own account as the newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated the 20th reported. For more details see the website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=6600 which reported that the Henriette was built at the shipyard Het Witte Kruis in Amsterdam in 1855 and in 1885 sunk.
