An item reported
that in the night of 4-5 January during a North East gale the Norwegian frigate
ship Isabella captain Larsen of Drammen was stranded on the Eijerlandsche
gronden, Texel. Around 12.00 o’clock was her
aft ship smashed and went her crew of 15 men in the boat reaching a hour later
safely the beach behind Akijab. The vice consul for Sweden
and Norway
came immediately and took care of them. They were with cars brought to Den
Burg. The edition of 2 February published an announcement of the auction of
rigging, anchors, masts and what was left of her hull on Monday the 9th 10.00
o’clokc at Cocksdorp, Eijerland (Texel). She was underway with a cargo of
timber from Drammen towards London.
