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Wednesday 17 December 2014

Dutch East Indiaman Roemerswaal in 1683 in the Dutch East Indies

Yacht. Lying in the roads of Batavia, Dutch East Indies. The qualification varied between all waters and just in calm waters like the Eastern provinces, Malacca, Siam, the west coast of Sumatra, Palembang en Jambij. Needed badly her maintenance at Onrust and waited already too long. Not suitable for service on that moment. Measurement 200 last. (1)

Source
Archive V.O.C. 1602-1811 inv.no. 11250.

Note
1.Also called Romerswaal and Romerswale, of the E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Cornelis Speldernieuw jr. at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands in 1673, launched on 24 January 1674 and as dimensions 130 x 32 x 13¼.