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Friday, 1 May 2015

Dutch East Indiaman Eenhoorn bound for Ceylon in 1687

Spiegelschip. She left on 3 January 1687 Wielingen, Netherlands, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 25 April-15 May 1687, via Tuticorin, India on 11 August 1687 and arrived at Negombo, Ceylon on 24 August 1687. At the departure were 200 persons on board. On stocks by Penne at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands for account of the chamber Zeeland in 1683, launched on 22 February 1684, dimensions 143 x 35½-36 x 14-14¾ feet, tonnage 749 metric tons, Dutch measurement cargo capacity 518/360 last, measurement at Batavia, Dutch East Indies cargo capacity 340 last.