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Friday 1 November 2019

Dutch East Indiaman Admiraal de Ruyter bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1767

She left on 17 January Rammekens, Netherlands with as captain Kornelis van der Putte, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 31 July-10 September and arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 12 December Colombo, Ceylon. At the departure were 260 persons on board. Laid up and sold in the Dutch East Indies on 6 January 1773. Built in 1749 at Amsterdam, Netherlands but sailed for account of the chamber Zeeland. Tonnage 1.150 metric tons.

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.
-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.
-F.W. van Stapel. Beschrijving van de O.I. Compagnie.
-Collectie Hudde 1627-1697 no. 21 (National Archive at The Hague)
-Collectie Hope 1602-1782 no. 77 (National Archive at The Hague).
-Archive Family Mathias-Pous Tak van Poortvliet no. 60 (Zeeuws Archive at Middelburg).