An announcement reported that the fast sailing coppered Dutch frigate ship Louisa Prinses der Nederlanden, captain E[evert] Groeneveld Cadee was to lying at Depart destined for Batavia and to depart from Hellevoetsluis the 28th. On board were excellent accommodation for passengers, a skilled doctor and a cow for milk. For more details could be asked at the several shipbrokers at Dordrecht.(1)
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1. The website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=8425 reports that she was built in 1826 in Dordrecht for Scheepsreederij Dordrecht, Dordrecht which firms sold her to J.H. van Gent, Schiedam in 1857, in 1858 condemned in Mauritius. The newspaper Arnhemsche Courant dated 7 April 1825 published an item dated Dordrecht 4 April reporting that two days earlier at 16.00 o’clokc at the shipyard of shipbuilder Jan Schouten the keel was laid down of a merchant ship of more as 250 lasten with permission of prince Frederik der Nederland to be named after his future spouse Louisa Augustus, prinses der Nederlanden. The newspapers ‘s Gravenhagse Courant dated 6 April and the Groninger Courant dated 8 April 1825 confirmed this item. The newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 26 August 1825 published an item dated Dordrecht Wednesday 24 August that the stevens waren gericht of the Louisa, Prinses der Nederlanden of around 350 lasten. The newspaper Nieuws- en advertentieblad voor de provincie Drenthe dated Tuesday 30 August 1825 confirmed this item adding that she was built for the Dordrechtsche Scheepsreederij. She was not sold in 1857 to Van Gent but already in 1851. The newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 12 October 1851 reported that on an auction in the tavern Nederlandsche Koffijhuis of J. Zahn, Dordrecht H.W. Roelants, Schiedam ƒ 17.000+ƒ 100 offered by finally J.H. van Gent, Schiedam ƒ 1.200 more offered. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 6 October 1851 published the announcement of the auction on 11 October at 12.00 o’clock in the tavern at the Marktplein in Dordrecht. She was described as a extra ordinary well sailing coppered bark ship called Louisa Prinses der Nederlanden lying in the Kalkhaven captain J.F.H.G. Göbel, measurement 594 tons or 314 lasten and with the dimensions 37,30 x 7 x 5,12 metres. The newspaper Nieuw Amsterdamsch handels- en effectenblad dated 1 November 1858 published a itding dated Mauritius 25 September that she arrived there the 15th leaking while underway from Batavia towards Rotterdam captain D.A. Florijn. The newspaper Opregte Haarlemsche Courant dated the 3rd reported that this leaking was caused by the very worse weather since she had left Sunda Strait. The editon dated 26 January 1859 referred to a tiding dated 2 Mauritius that she was condemned. The editon dated 9 February referred to a tiding dated Mauritius 27 December mentioning her sale for 900 dollars.
