An announcement reported that the Dutch campagne frigate ship Amstelstroom captain S.W.F. Kretschmer was lying in Amsterdam destined towards Batavia and Surabaya. On board was a skilled doctor and a milk cow. Well passenger accommodation available. For more details could be asked at the owner F.A. Jas and shipbrokers De Vries&Co. at Amsterdam.(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, 1870. Improved with latest information until 1 April 1870. Frigate, homeport Amsterdam, measurement 715 tons and call sign NDCW. The website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=89 reported that she was the former Acadia built at St. John in 1857, renamed Amstelstroom in 1868 and sold in 1893 to be broken up. Sweijs. Neerlands vloot en reederijen. Rotterdam, 1881 mentioned a bark Amstelstroom (ex-Acadia), captain P.T. Teensma, owner P.H. Kaars Sijpestein of Krommenie, built in 1857, measurement 645 new and 715 old tons.
