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Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Dutch East Indiaman bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1649

Rotterdam, chamber Rotterdam, 1100 metric tons tonnage, departed Goeree 15 January 1649, arrived at Batavia 18 July 1649.
Leeuwarden, chamber Enkhuizen, built at Enkhuizen 1629, 550 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 15 January 1649, arrived at Batavia 31 July 1649.
Lastdrager, fluyt, chamber Amsterdam, bought at Amsterdam 1648, 640 metric tons tonnage, 17 January 1649, arrived at Batavia 21 August 1649, on arrival 93 sailors and 43 soldiers.
Robijn, yacht, chamber Amsterdam, 480 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 17 January 1649, arrived via S. Tiago at Batavia 10 July 1649, arrived with 93 sailors, 40 soldiers, did not return to the Netherlands, served in the Dutch East Indies and finally lost near the Arabian coast 11 October 1653.
Oranje, chamber Zealand, built in Zealand 1643, 700/1200 metric tons tonnage, departed the Wielingen 30 January 1649, arrived at Batavia 28 June 1649.
Breda, chamber Hoorn, built at Hoorn 1637, 1050 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 31 January 1649, arrived at Batavia 25 June 1649.
Henriette Louise, chamber Zealand, built in Zealand 1635, 750 metric tons tonnage, departed the Wielingen 3 February 1649, arrived at Batavia 26 June 1649.
Trouw, fluyt, chamber Zealand, 500 metric tons tonnage, departed the Wielingen 3 April 1694, arrived at Batavia 20 September 1649, did not return to the Netherlands, served in the Dutch East Indies and was finally wrecked in a storm on the coast of Hitoe 1649.
Koning van Polen, fluyt, chamber Amsterdam, 520 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 26 April 1649, 8 November 1649.
Zutphen, chamber Amsterdam, 550 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 26 April 1649, arrived at Batavia 16 October 1649.
Potvis, fluyt, chamber Zealand, 300 metric tons tonnage, departed the Wielingen 14 May 1649, arrived at Batavia 31 October 1649, did not return to the Netherlands, served in the Dutch East Indies and was finally wrecked on the Chinese coast in 1650.
Tijger, chamber Amsterdam, 1000 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 22 May 1649, arrived via Sierra Leone at Batavia 4 January 1650, did not return to the Netherlands, served in the Dutch East Indies and was finally wrecked on a reef south of Celebes 4 March 1650
Vrede, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam 1641, 800 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 21 October 1649, arrived via Cape Verde at Batavia 30 April 1650.
Walvis, chamber Amsterdam, built 1639 at Amsterdam, 1000 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 22 October 1649, arrived at Batavia 4 June 1650 with 55 crewmembers.
Delft, chamber Delft, built 1641 at Delft, master Simon Dirksz Danser, 670 metric tons tonnage, departed from the Maas 20 December 1649, arrived at Batavia 24 July 1650, crew 300 men.
Enkhuizen, chamber Enkhuizen, 700 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 20 December 1649, arrived at Batavia 12 July 1650, crew 250 men.
Malakka, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, 1100 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 20 December 1649, arrived at Batavia 11 June 1650.
Prinses Royaal, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, 1100 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 20 December 1649, arrived at Batavia 14 June 1650.

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. 81-85.
N. Mac Leod. De Oost-Indische Compagnie als zeemogendheid in Azië, 2 vols, 1927.