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Thursday 31 October 2019

Dutch East Indiaman Schollevaar bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1667

She left on 24 December 1667 the Maas, Netherlands but wrecked at the African coast on a distance of around 9 miles north of Cape of Good Hope. Of her crew drowned two men including her master. Of the chamber Rotterdam and sailing for account of this chamber. Also called Schollevaer. Hooker ship built in 1667 with a tonnage 90 tons and as dimensions 76-82 x 21-22 x 10½.

Sources
J.R. Bruijn, F.S. Gaastra and I. Schöffer. Dutch-Asiatric 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.
F.W. van Stapel. Beschrijving van de O.I. Compagnie.