An item reported that the Dutch ship Claudius Civilis was destined towards the Netherlands. With a skilled doctor on board. For more details could be asked at the captain at Surabaya or Jan Fermeulen [Jan Ter Meulen jr.?] in Batavia.(1)
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1. The website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=3070 reports that she was built in 1836 for A.L. van Harpen&Zn [Adrianus Lodewijk?]. In Amsterdam and condemned in August 1858 in Mauritius. The newspaper Dagblad van ‘s-Gravenhage dated 10 June 1836 published an item dated the 9th reporting that yesterday [the 8th] at the shipyard de Haan, Groote Bikkerstraat, Amsterdam the Claudius Civilis of 900 ton was launched by shipbuilder J.R. Boelen for A.L. van Harpen&Zoon. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 18 October 1858 referred to a letter of her captain Lourens dated 22 July that while underway from Colombo to Amsterdam she suffered from heavy storms and than meet a hurricane on the position 33˚50’Zuiderbreedte and 31˚50’ Oosterlengte whit as result that she collapsed to one side and her seams burst and several times a loud cracking was heard without knowing what this caused although the at the pumps the water level raised to 26”. With continue pumping they managed to arrive at Mauritius on 13 August where the cargo was unloaded. The newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 23 January 1859 published an item dated Mauritius 3 December reporting that she was condemned in Mauritius and sold there with inventory for 3.000 dollars.
Note
1. The website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=3070 reports that she was built in 1836 for A.L. van Harpen&Zn [Adrianus Lodewijk?]. In Amsterdam and condemned in August 1858 in Mauritius. The newspaper Dagblad van ‘s-Gravenhage dated 10 June 1836 published an item dated the 9th reporting that yesterday [the 8th] at the shipyard de Haan, Groote Bikkerstraat, Amsterdam the Claudius Civilis of 900 ton was launched by shipbuilder J.R. Boelen for A.L. van Harpen&Zoon. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 18 October 1858 referred to a letter of her captain Lourens dated 22 July that while underway from Colombo to Amsterdam she suffered from heavy storms and than meet a hurricane on the position 33˚50’Zuiderbreedte and 31˚50’ Oosterlengte whit as result that she collapsed to one side and her seams burst and several times a loud cracking was heard without knowing what this caused although the at the pumps the water level raised to 26”. With continue pumping they managed to arrive at Mauritius on 13 August where the cargo was unloaded. The newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 23 January 1859 published an item dated Mauritius 3 December reporting that she was condemned in Mauritius and sold there with inventory for 3.000 dollars.
