An item dated Hamburg, Germany 19 July reported that the seal hunter Nikkel Nummels spoke a few days before leaving the ice commandeur S.J. Kleyn 6 whales and saw some ships in the ice although not able to identify these. Begin April on his outward voyage he spoke north of Hitland [Shetland Islands] commandeur Jan Dirks underway to Davis Strait with 23 men on board of the Juffrouw Susanna Maria commandeur David Brink also bound for Davis Strait taken over by another ships which saved. Five men stayed on board of which off Greenland 3 went over to another ship. The two remaining men said that the Juffrouw Susanna Maria lost on 10 March in heavy weather her masts and rigging and the upper deck was smashed on the lower deck. Nummels left Jan Mayenland on 24 June.
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1. The Dutch Davis Strait whaler Juffrouw Susanna Maria commandeur Brink owned by Abraham van den Bosch, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Lyst van de Hollandse, Hamburger en Breemer Straat Davidsvaarders Anno 1750 uytgevaaren.
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