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Tuesday 26 February 2013

Dutch frigate ship Aart van Nes launched at Amsterdam, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Utrechtse Courant dated 1 February 1839

An item dated Amsterdam 29 January reported that the same afternoon at the shipyard de Zwarte Rave at the end of the Kleine Kattenburgerstraat was the keel was laid down by shipbuilder J. Knol of the frigate ship Aart van Nes of circa 400 lasten for W.P. Pook van Baggen (1) for the Dutch East Indies trade.

Note
1. Willem Pieter Pook van Baggen (12 July 1793-11 April 1854) ship owner, married to Johanna Elizabeth Rahder (1810-1841).