The Spanish bark Augustina and her misadventures in the Dutch province Zeeland according to local Dutch newspapers in 1881

The Goessche Courant dated 18 October reported that at the sea dike off Borssele the Spanish bark Augustina captain Vruitebeascoa was stranded. She belonged to a shipping company of Antwerp, Belgium and was ballasted underway to Cairo. Keel and stone slope were heavily damaged and the rudder lost. Her captain, two women and two children were accommodated at the lighthouse keeper. The edition of Thursday the 20th reported that it was not a Spanish but an Italian bark. Later items called her again Spanish. For the lighthouse keeper was the visit not so pretty while nobody could understand them and in the night went all armed to bed. On Monday came two gentlemen from Antwerp along followed the next day by tjalken to take over the large quantity of genever on board.

The Goessche Courant dated 10 November published an announcement of her intended sale on Saturday 19 November at 11:30 o’clock. She was stilly lying on the beach along the so-called hoek [corner] of Borssele. She measured 427 ton.The Middelburgsche Courant dated 17 November published a renewed announcement. The sale was now planned on Monday 21 November 11.30 o’clock including her cargo of bottles filled with genever. The Goessche Courant dated the 22nd reported that she was a day earlier included the cargo was sold to Cornelis van der Bent at Middelburg for ƒ 5.025. Curiously enough reported the Vlissingse Courant dated Thursday 1 December that the Spanish bark Aigos captain Teleria underway from Antwerp towards Havana stranded in the night of last Saturday off Rammekens, filled with water was men forced to unload her cargo which was originally the one of the Augustina!

The Middelburgsche Courant dated Monday 12 December reported that she in the canal was stranded. The leaking was in the mean time stopped and the water via a centrifugal pump pumped out of the ship. The intention was to bring her that evening or the next day to the shipyard at Middelburg. The Zuiden dated the 13th added that the leaking was stopped with pieces of canvas. She was waiting for the Edam to leave the dock. On Tuesday the 13th was reported that she after some days on last Saturday evening was pumped empty an refloated and brought to the shipyard Middelburg’s Welvaren. In these items was she again called Spanish.