An item reported the keel was laid down of the Dutch frigate ship Hendrika of more as 500 lasten at the shipyard Rotterdams Welvaren, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Built by shipbuilder B. de Hoogh for account of A. van Hoboken en Zonen. The newspaper
Vlissingse Courant dated 2 July 1836 published an item dated Rotterdam, Netherlands 28th June reporting her launching that the same day at 15.00 o’clock. Built for the Dutch East Indies shipping