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Monday, 14 July 2014

Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (N.H.M.) hired Dutch ship Java Packet as troop transport towards the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 21 October 1863

An item reported that the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (N.H.M.) hired the Dutch ship Java Packet captain Hellingman to transport troops towards Batavia, Dutch East Indies. (1)

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1. Frigate Java Packet, captain D. Crap Hellingman, Amsterdam no. 46-flagged, owned by G.W. van Barbeveld Kooy, tonnage 745 tons, built 1862 and homeport Amsterdam, Netherlands. Source Staat der Nederlandsche Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot op 1 Januarij 1864.