An announcement reported that the very fast coppered Dutch clipper frigate ship Noach III captain P. Wierikx was lying in Rotterdam to depart end September-begin October towards Batavia. For more details could be asked at shipbrokers Hudig&Pieters.(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, 1869. Improved with latest information until 1 April 1869. Mentioned just a Noach and a Noach III, but not a III. See further the website Piet's index according to which she was built by Jan Smit Fzn. In 1869 at Slikkerveer, renamed in 1890 Gudvang. The Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 11 July 1869published an item dated Rotterdam 10 July 1869 reporting that the same day at the shipyard of Jan Smit Fopzn in Slikkerveer with success the clipper frigate ship Noach III was built for Fop Smit Jr. at Rotterdam and with captain to be P. Wierikx. She was especially designed to be a fast sailor and to transport passengers.
