Dutch frigate ship Aeroliet bound towards Surabaya and Batavia, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 6 October 1869

An announcement reported that the very fast frigate ship Aeroliet captain M.J. van der Eb was to depart Rotterdam on 25 October destined directly with cargo towards Surabaya and possible Batavia to embark passengers. Well passenger accommodations on board. For more details could be asked at shipbrokers Hudig&Blokhuyzen, Wambersie&Zn. and Kuyper van Dam&Smeer.(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. Call sign NBMR, frigate, measurement 674 tons and homeport Amsterdam. For more details see the website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=3967 which reported that she was built in 1868 in Lubeck, owned by Mees&Moens in Rotterdam and in 1874 burned in Surabaya.