Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (N.H.M.) hired Dutch bark Cheribon as troop transport according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 15 January 1862

An item reported that the N.H.M. hired the Dutch ship Cheribon captain Coers to transport 150 military and 7 cabin passengers from the Netherlands towards Batavia, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Bark, captain W.J. Coers, owned by P. van Rossem en Zoon, tonnage 752 tons, built in 1857 and homeport Rotterdam, Netherlands. Source Staat der Nederlandsche Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot op 1 Januarij 1864.