Dutch clipper bark Senior forced to visit Mauritius while leaking according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 4 January 1870

An item dated Mauritius 22 October 1869 reported that the Dutch ship Senior captain Van Det underway from Batavia, Dutch East Indies towards Amsterdam, Netherlands arrived leaking. In Sunda Strait was she harassed by worse weather and force to set sails by to prevent stranding at the coast of Sumatra. This caused such a heavy leaking that decided was to go to Mauritius. Apparently while entering the harbour she collided with the British ship Jane Maria.(1)\

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1. Clipper bark, captain A. van Det, owners Bunge&Co., tonnage 588 tons, built in 1854 and homeport Amsterdam, Netherlands.