Dutch brig ship Acra bound for Japan according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 10 July 1869

An announcement reported that the Dutch brig ship Acra of 242 tons was lying in Amsterdam captain A. Owehand destined towards Nagasaki and Hiogo or Yokohama in the second half of July. For more details could be asked at freighter T.C. Schol in Amsterdam and the shipbrokers Oolgaardt&Bruinier at Amsterdam and Ruys&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. Called Accra, brig, homeport Amsterdam, call sign NBGH and measurement 231 tons. See further the website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=92, which reported she was built in 1861 at Geestemünde as Adolf Stranzen, renamed 1862 Accra, in 1877 renamed and wrecked in 1883. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 6 June 1862 reported the sale on the 5^th of 1.300 of Santos coffee bales brought by the Adolf Strantzen.