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Monday 15 December 2014

Dutch East Indiaman Silversteijn in 1683 in the Dutch East Indies

Lying in the roads of Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Qualified for service in all waters. Needed maintenance including keeling and repairs while she was leaking between ‘wind and water’ before she was allowed to return to the Netherlands or used for an important inland voyage.
Measurement 450 last. (1)

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

Note
1. Of the E.I.C.-chamber Amsterdam, built in 1674, dimensions 155 x 37½ x 17½, height above 7½, orlopdeck 5.