Dutch East Indiaman bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1641

Bergen op Zoom, chamber Zealand, master David Dingemans, built in Zealand, Netherlands 1640, 300 metric tons, left the Wielingen, Netherlands 7 March 1641, arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 17 August 1641 with 89 sailors, 34 soldiers and 3 passengers. Didn't return to the Netherlands but served in the Dutch East Indies until she was wrecked on a reef south of Celebes, Dutch East Indies 4 March 1650.

Henriette Louise, chamber Zealand, master Willem van Domburg, built in Zealand, Netherlands 1635, 750 metric tons, left the Wielingen, Netherlands 7 March 1641, arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 31 July 1641 with 149 sailors and 43 soldiers.

Verenigde Provincien, chamber Zealand, master Pieter Jansz, built in Zealand, Netherlands 1640, 1100 metric tons, left the Wielingen, Netherlands 7 March 1641, arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 4 September 1641 with 158 sailors, 112 soldiers and 19 passengers.

Vogelstruis, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1640, 1000 metric tons, left Texel, Netherlands 27 April 1641, at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 9 August 1641, arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 8 November 1641 with 197 sailors and 91 soldiers.

Wezel, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1629, 550 metric tons, left Texel, Netherlands 27 April 1641, due to contrary winds not earlier as 23 October 1641 West of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies with 53 dead men, arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 1641.

Rotterdam, chamber Rotterdam,1100 metric tons, built at Rotterdam, Netherlands, left Goeree, Netherlands 28 April 1641, was forced to return to Goeree and stayed there between 21 July-31 October 1641, arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 16 June 1642 with 220 men.

Wakende Boei, chamber Zealand, yacht, master Kornelis Koole, built in Zealand, 50 metric tons, left the Wielingen, Netherlands 3 May 1641, arrived via Pernambuco at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 14 February 1642, didn't return to the Netherlands but served in the Dutch East Indies.

Lillo, chamber Zealand, yacht, master Jean Lalphart, on stocks by Bestevaar at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands 1639, launched 26 January 1641, 240 metric tons, left the Wielingen, Netherlands 3 May 1641, arrived via Pernambuco at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 14 February 1642 with 142 men. Didn't return to the Netherlands but served in the Dutch East Indies until she was wrecked on the roadstead of Batavia, Dutch East Indies and broken up January 1657.

Nassau, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, 550 metric tons, left Texel, Netherlands 16 September 1641, stayed at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 13-25 January 1642, arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 3 April 1642.

Tiiger, chamber Amsterdam, master Pieter Dirksz, built at Amsterdam 1640, 1000 metric tons, left Texel, Netherlands 16 September 1641, at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 25 January 1642, arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 2 April 1642.

Sources

J.R. Bruijn e.d. Dutch-Asiatic Shipping in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Vol II. Outward-bound voyages from the Netherlands to Asia and the Cape (1595-1794). The Hague, 1979, p. 86-87.

N. Mac Leod. De Oost-Indische Compagnie als zeemogendheid in Azië, 2 vols, 1927.

Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde oost-indische compagnie der vereenigde Nederlanden ter kamer van Zeeland. Middelburg, 1759.

Archive V.O.C. 1602-1811 inv.no. 11048. Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie tec. Christiaan Sigismund Matthaeus, Jan Dane, Middelburg, 1759.