An item dated Groningen 15 November reported that there the 13th the newly iron-built bark ship Rio Grande captain R. Rijkens of Veendam arrived. She was built at the shipyard of E.H. Meursing in Hoogezand with a measurement of 140 last and as dimensions 140 (keel) x 23 x 12 (hold) feet and the first ship built of this size at this shipyard. She was described as being an elegant ship.(1)
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1. The website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=8570 claims that she was iron-build in 1859 at Hoogezand with a tonnage of 256 tons for Emmo Hooites Meursing with as captain R.R. Rijkens. This building year can’t be write regarded the news item of 1869.
