In an announcement referred the commanding officer of the British ship of the line HMS Barham on the 26th to the fact that apparently nobody was interested in a contract to salvage the guns and anchors of the Barham dropped into sea off the Oostpunt of Bonaire. He now asked if anyone would lease a vessel fitted out with sails, anchors and so on daily basis. The necessary hoists and other equipment necessary for hoisting guns and anchors out of the water and the labourers were supplied by the Barham. The insurance costs and rent were paid by the British government. Tenders were within 8 days awaited by the skipper Cole.(1)
Note
1. Former 3rd rate launched at the shipyard of Perry, Wells&Green, Blackwall, England on 8 July 1811, reduced to a 50-gun ship in December 1826, broken up in September 1840, original armament of 74 guns and a builders measurement of 1.761 tons. The edition dated 18 May 1844 mentioned that the British razeed ship of the line HMS Barham was repaired at the shipyard of H. van der Meulen&Co. on Curacao, Dutch West Indies without supplying the year, but probably in 1829 after she run aground at Bonaire, Dutch West Indies.
