HI Jacques Is the Belgian newspaper online? Rhonda On Thursday, September 19, 2013, Archives wrote: > Many, many thanks Rhonda. > I'll have a deep look at it; my sources were the Belgian shipping paper > called "Lloyd Anversois" which announced departures and arrivals at > Antwerp, > and also at other ports! > Best ragards > JAcques > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : [email protected] <javascript:;> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:;>] De > la part de Rhonda Staskow > Envoyé : jeudi 19 septembre 2013 01:37 > À : [email protected] > Objet : Re: [MAR] Cape Horn > > Hi Jacques - > > Have you tried the Dutch newspapers for that period - They made reference > to > both ships, however, while not checking every entry, I did not find > specific > references to Cape Horn. You can narrow the search by year. > > http://kranten.kb.nl/ > > I checked the Australian newspapers as well, and the ship Schaldis was > mentioned in January 1868, having run ashore at Queenscliff (which is near > Melbourne.) In February 1868, it sailed for Callao. > > http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home > > Regards, Rhonda > > > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Archives <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > Hello listers, > > > > My ggfather, born in 1853, passed the Cape Horn at least three times, > > twice on the Schaldis once on the Don Juan. > > > > The Schaldis left Antwerp November 27th, 1865 for Cardiff and then > > Callao where she arrived June 17th, 1866. She left Callao September > > 22nd, 1866 for Antwerp. On a consecutive voyage she arrived Callao > > April 4th, 1868, then Islas Chinchas from which she departed June 4th, > > 1868 for arriving Antwerp October 18th, 1868. > > > > The Don Juan left Antwerp July 22nd 1871 for Cardiff and then Payta; > > she was back in Antwerp December, 24th 1872. > > Is there any list of the vessels which passed the Cape Horn at that > > time where I could find the dates of passage ? > > Many thanks to all and Best regards > > > > Jacques Damster > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] <javascript:;> with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] <javascript:;> with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] <javascript:;> with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Rhonda, Unfortunately not :-( It took me some days to look through arrival and departure notices at the maritime archives of the port of Antwerp! Some have been microfilmed, but more difficult to use as the paper version for this one enables to switch all uninteressant pages. Jacques -----Message d'origine----- De : [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de Rhonda Staskow Envoyé : vendredi 20 septembre 2013 03:07 À : [email protected] Objet : Re: [MAR] Cape Horn HI Jacques Is the Belgian newspaper online? Rhonda