Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (N.H.M.) hired Dutch bark Jacob as troop transport according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 19 September 1863

An item reported that the N.H.M. hired the Dutch ship Jacob captain Muller Drenth to transport soldiers from the coast of Guinea [Dutch Gold Coast=Ghana] Netherlands towards Batavia, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Bark, captain G. Muller Drenth, Rotterdam no. 431-flagged, owned by A.F. Beling en Comp., measurement 593 tons, built in 1854, homeport Rotterdam, Netherlands. Source Staat der Nederlandsche Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot op 1 Januarij 1864.