Dutch East Indiaman Oostkapelle bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1769

She left on 12 September 1768, Rammekens Netherlands with as captain Frederik Papegaai, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 2-24 January 1769 and arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 27 April and departed from there to China. At the departure were 379 persons on board. Tonnage 1.150 tons.(1)

Note
1. With yard number no. 235 laid down by Willem Udemans at the E.I.C. yard at Middelburg, Netherlands on 25 March 1767, launched on 3 March 1768, dimensions 150 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).