Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (N.H.M.) hired Dutch frigate Staatsraad van Ewijck as troop transport according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 7 June 1862

An item reported that the N.H.M. hired the Dutch ship Staatsraad van Ewijck captain De Winter to transport 150 military and 8 cabin passengers from the Netherlands towards Batavia, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Frigate, captain F. de Winter, Amsterdam no. 421-flagged, owned by B.W. Kaars Sijpestein, tonnage 749 tons, built in 1856 and homeport Amsterdam, Netherlands. Source Staat der Nederlandsche Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot op 1 Januarij 1864.