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Thursday 20 June 2019

Dutch frigate Dortenaer seized at St. Helena according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 25 April 1833

An item dated Dordrecht, Netherlands the 23rd referred to tidings from St. Helena dated 20th February the on the 16th there arrived the Dutch frigate de Dortenaer coming from Bavatia, Dutch East Indies. Her captain went ashore with the ships’ papers which were seized by the governor and sealed and 50 armed men went on board of the ship.