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Sunday 15 December 2019

Dutch East Indiaman Snoek bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1768

She left on 24 June Rammekens, Netherlands with as captain Johan Splinter Stavorinus, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 18 November-12 December and arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 19 march 1769. At the departure were 226 persons on board. Tonnage 880 tons. Sailed for account of the chamber Zeeland.(1)

Note
1. On stocks by Willem Udemans at the E.C.I. shipyard at Middelburg, Netherlands on 10 July 1750, launched on 9 April 1751 and as dimensions 140 x ? x ?

Sources
-J.R. Bruijn, F.S. Gaastra and I. Schöffer. 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.
-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).