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Thursday, 17 July 2014

Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (N.H.M.) hired Dutch frigate Willemina en Clara as troop transport according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 21 June 1862

An item reported that the N.H.M. hired the Dutch ship Willemina en Clara captain Abrahamsz to transport from the Netherlands towards Java, Dutch East Indies 125 military and 4-6 cabin passengers.(1)

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1. Frigate. Captain C. Abrahams jr., Amsterdam no. 63-flagged, owned by G.W. van Barneveld Kooij, tonnage 647 ton, built 1855 and homeport Amsterdam, Netherlands. Source Staat der Nederlandsche Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot op 1 Januarij 1864.