Dutch bark ship Jonge Jan bound towards Surabaya and Batavia according to the Dutch newspaper Dagblad van Zuidholland en ‘s-Gravenhage dated 31 October 1869

An announcement reported that the newly coppered fast Dutch bark ship Jonge Jan captain C.J. Itz was lying in Rotterdam destined directly towards to Surabaya and to Batavia for embarking passengers. Well comfortable passenger accommodation and a skilled doctor. For more details could be asked at Vroege&De Wijs. The edition dated 17^th November reported that the closing date was 4 December. (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. Mentioned no Jonge Jan but a bark Johannes Lodewijk, homeport Alblasserdam, measurement 770 tons and call sign PGKR. See also the website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=5655. This website claims that she was built as the Johannes Lodewijk in 1857 at the shipyard of Floris Kloos at Alblasserdam and renamed Jonge Jan after she was sold on 14 June 1869 for ƒ 26.600 and finally sold to Surabaya in 1877. The newspaper Rotterdamsche Courant dated Fridaty10 April 1857 reported that the 8^th at the shipyard of F. Kloos at Alblasserdam the frigate ship Johannes Lodewijk of circa 400 measured lasten was launched for J. van Delft of Overschie and captain to be A.H. van der Waal.