This fluytship was sold on Monday 17 October 1774 in the Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam. Last commandeur was Hendrik Mom.(1) Newly fitted out in 1742. Dimensions in Amsterdam foot 111½ x 27’6’” x 12’6”, height verdeck 6½ and S 8’4”. Price ƒ 5,800. subcharge ƒ 600, Claas Mol for his master.
Sources
De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius. Amsterdam. Vol 37, July-December 1774.
Gerret van Sante, broker at Zaandam. Alphabetische Naam-Lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davissche Commandeurs, die zedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland, en zedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis, voor Holland en andere Provincien hebben gevaaren. Haarlem, 1770. This book also contains hand written notes for the period 1770-1794.
Note
1. Van Sante mentioned a Hendrik Mom who sailed in 1774 for director Cornelis Abrahamsz de Veer of Amsterdam as a Greenland whaler with as results 6 whales, 215 (?) barrels of whale blubber and 175 quardelen train oil.
