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Saturday 25 April 2015

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

She left on 13 November 1768 Texel, Netherlands with as captain Frans Overzee, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 21 pril-20 May 1769 and arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 7 August 1769. At the departure were 352 persons on board. Fitted out by the chamber Amsterdam for this voyage. Of the chamber Zealand, building no. 228, 3-decker, on stocks by Willem Udemans at the E.I.C. yard at Middelburg, Netherlands in June 1762, launched on 16 February 1764, dimensions 150 x ? x ?