Dutch frigate Walvisch launched in Amsterdam, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 15 June 1839

An item reported that a day earlier at the shipyard de Walvisch in the Groote Bikkerstraat in Amsterdam by shipbuilder Jan Nuveen the keel was laid down of the frigate de Walvisch for B.W. van Straten (1) captain Jan Schut for the Dutch East Indies trade.

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1. Barend Willem van Starckenborg van Straten (22 February 1804 Amsterdam-25 August 1846 Bad Homburg von der Höhe, Darmstardt, Hesse, Germany) married at Batavia on 14 August 1825 with Theodora Mechtilde ten Cate (28 May 1801 Oudendijk-14 December 1864 Amsterdam). Her sister was married with Jan Bonn ship owner in the Dutch East Indies trade and after his death with captain Maarten Christoffel/Marten Christopher Löschen.