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Friday, 20 December 2019

Dutch bark Krimpen aan de Lek underway from England towards the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 1 September 1888

A telegram reported the passing of Nieuw Anjer [nowadays Anyer, Indonesia] by the Dutch ship Krimpen aan de Lek loaded with coal underway from Cardiff, England towards Batavia, Dutch East Indies.(1)

Note
1. Call sign PHTB, homeport Krimpen a/d Lek, Netherlands and net capacity 3.055,25 cubic metres/1.07880 tons of 2,83 cubic metres. Iron built 3 mast-bark in 1884-1885 at the shipyard of J.&K. Smit, Krimpen aan de Lek, Netherlands.