Dutch bark ship Mentor bound towards Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 14 March 1869

An announcement reported that the fast coppered Dutch bark ship Mentor captain H.W. Butenuth was to depart Amsterdam on 3 April at destined directly towards Surabaya. For more details could be asked at shipbrokers Wed. Jan van Wesel&Zoon.(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, homeport Amsterdam, measurement 561 tons and cll sign PLVG. For more details see the website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=10529 which reported that she was built in 1852 at the shipyard De Noord of Cornelis&Jan Smit in Alblasserdam and sold in 1874 for ƒ 35.000 towards Norway.