An item reported that at Rotterdam, Netherlands was lying the extra ordinary fast coppered Dutch bark ship Delft captain L. van Geelkerken bound for Batavia and Surabaya, Dutch East Indies and intended to depart medium February. For more details the owners Bonke&Co. and ship brokers Wambersie&Zoon and Hudig&Blokhuyzen.(1)
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1. Captain L. van Geelkerken (earlier De Boer), Rotterdam-flagged no. 85owned by Bonke&Comp., measurement 735 tons, built in 1850 and homeport Rotterdam, Netherlands. Source Staat der Nederlandsche Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot op 1 Januarij 1864.
