An item reported that the Dutch bark ship Jan Pieterszoon Koen (1)
captain G. Spanjer of De Groof&Co., Vlissingen,
Netherlands was
abandoned at sea when she was fully filled with water. Her crew was brought
safely to Savannah, USA. She had been underway from Pensacola, USA
towards Middelburg, Netherlands.
Note
1. Bought in 1887. Lijst van
de Nederlandsche Oorlogs- en koopvaardijschepen met hunne onderscheidingsseinen
uit het Internationaal Seinboek ten dienste van alle Natiën. Rotterdam, 1890.
Callsign PDKL. Net tonnage 1.912,43 cubic metres
or 675,08 tons of 2,83
cubic metres.
