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Thursday, 17 July 2014

Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (N.H.M.) hired Dutch clipper frigate Kosmopoliet as troop transport according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 9 July 1864

An item reported that the N.H.M. hired the Dutch ship Kosmopoliet captain De Boer to transport 150 military included 12 non-commissioned officers from the Netherlands towards Java, Dutch East Indies. They were to embark in begin June.(1)

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1. Source Staat der Nederlandsche Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot op 1 Januarij 1864 mentioned a clipper frigate, captain J. Koning (earlier Bouten), Dordrecht no. 14-flagged, owned by Gebr. Blussé, tonnage 753 tons, built in 1854 and homeport Dordrecht, Netherlands.