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Friday 5 October 2012

Dutch schooner ship Sophia Amalia bound for Hong Kong and Singapore according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 9 July 1862

An announcement reported that the extra fast sailing coppered 3-mast schooner ship Sophia Amalia, captain W.K. Lourens would depart Rotterdam early July towards Hong Kong via Singapore. For more details could be asked at shipbrokers P.A. van Es&co at Rotterdam and Lublink van Meeteren&Co. in Amsterdam.(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. Mentioned a 3-mast schooner, homeport Roterdam, measurement 319 tons and call sign PSML.