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Friday 5 October 2012

Dutch clipper bark ship Estafette bound towards Singapore and Hong Kong according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 9 August 1867

An announcement reported that the 1st class clipper bark ship Estafette, captain C.J. Oepkes was lying at Amsterdam destined towards Singapore and Hong Kong. For more details could be asked at shipbrokers Oolgaardt&Bruinier at Amsterdam and J.A. Nieuwkamp at Rotterdam.(1)

Note
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. Bark, homeport Amsterdam, measurement 424 tons and call sign NRDW.