An announcement reported that the very fast 500 tons Dutch brig ship Sirius captain W. van Hilten was to depart Amsterdam on very short notice towards Surabaya visiting Batavia for embarking passengers. For more details could be asked at shipbrokers Oolgaardt&Bruinier in Amsterdam.(1)
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1. The website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=85 called her a brig built in 1863 at the shipyard of Gebroeders Meursing in Nieuwendam for Gebr. Goedkoop in Amsterdam. She was renamed Abraham in 1873, Geziena&Thecla in 1892 and wrecked in 1894 on Borkum. 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. Homeport Amsterdam, brig, call sign PSJC and measurement 375 tons. The newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 25 March 1863 reported that the 21th at the shipyard of shipbuilders W.&A.H. Meursing in Nieuwendam the brig ship Sirius of around 400 tons was launched for Gebr. Goedkoop in Amsterdam captain W. van Wijngaarden van Rees.
