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Tuesday, 4 June 2019

Dutch bark Jean Baptiste underway from Grangemouth, Scotland towards Demeraire according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 21 September 1887

An item reported that that the Dutch bark ship Jean Baptiste (1) of De Groof&Co., Vlissingen, Netherlands underway from Grangemouth, Scotland arrived on the 17th August at Demeraire, British Guiana [nowadays Guyana] with a cargo of coal.

Note
1. Lijst van de Nederlandsche Oorlogs- en koopvaardijschepen met hunne onderscheidingsseinen uit het Internationaal Seinboek ten dienste van alle Natiën. Rotterdam, 1892. Callsign PFKH. Net tonnage 891 tonnen, 2.254,60 cubic metres or 795,90 tons of 2,83 cubic metres.