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Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Laid up, sold and wrecked Dutch East Indiaman according to a list dated 11 January 1768

I used the outward bound voyages to add for which chamber the ships were fitted out, when they arrived in the Dutch East Dutch East Indies. In the list dated 1768 was given an indication of the condition of the ships by manner for which voyages they were still suited.

Langewijk, chamber Enkhuizen, built at Enkhuizen, Netherlands 1745, laid up and sold, dimensions 136 (prow) x 39 x 16, 300 last, arrival at Dutch East Indies 1747. According to Bruijn arrival at Batavia (Djakarta, Indonesia) 21 June 1747, volume 850 metric tons.

Hoop, chamber Delft, built at Delft, Netherlands 1742, laid up and sold, dimensions 136 (prow) x 39 x 16 x 300 last, arrival at Dutch East Indies 1744. According to Bruijn arrival at Batavia (Djakarta, Indonesia) 12 February 1744, volume 850 metric tons.

Overschie, chamber Delft, built at Delft 1745, laid up and sold, dimensions 136 (prow) x 19 x 13, 300 last, arrival at Dutch East Indies 1750. According to Bruijn arrival Batavia (Djakarta, Indonesia) 28 June 1747, volume 850 metric tons.

Immagonda, chamber Enkhuizen, built at Enkhuizen, Netherlands 1746, dimensions 136 (prow) x 39 x 16, 300 last, arrival at Dutch East Indies 1748, while towards Bengal wrecked in the river Ganges. According to Bruijn arrival at Batavia (Djakarta, Indonesia) 4 June 1748, volume 850 metric tons.

Vrouwe Petronella, chamber Enkhuizen, built at Enkhuizen, Netherlands 1755, dimensions 140 (prow) x 39 x16, 300 last, arrival at Dutch East Indies 1758, lost bound for the Cabo, missing. According to Bruijn arrival at Batavia (Djakarta, Indonesia) 8 January 1758, volume 880 metric tons.

Sonnesteijn, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam 1765, dimensions 150 (prow) x 42 x 18½, 400 last, arrival at Dutch East Indies 1755, lost homeward bound. According to Bruijn arrival at Batavia (Djakarta, Indonesia) 12 July 1766, volume 11500 metric tons.

Radermacher, chamber Zealand on stocks by Willem Udemans at Middelburg, Netherlands 22 November 1752, launched 3 July 1753, Netherlands 1753, dimensions 150 (prow) x 42 x 18, 400 last, arrival at Dutch East Indies 1754, lost, missing. According to Bruijn arrival at Batavia (Djakarta, Indonesia) 28 October 1754, volume 1150 metric tons.

Slooterdijk, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1747, dimensions 150 (prow) x 42 x 18, 400 last, arrival at Dutch East Indies 1748, missing. According to Bruijn arrival at Batavia (Djakarta, Indonesia) 12 October 1748, volume 1150 metric tons.

Sources
Collectie Hope 1602-1782 no. 77 (National Archive at The Hague).
J.R. Bruijn. Dutch-Asiatic Shipping in the 17th and 8th Centuries. The Hague, 1979.
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.