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Sunday 3 May 2015

Dutch East Indiaman Leeuwenburg bound for Ceylon in 1687

Hooker. She left on 3 January 1687 Netherlands, visited Saldanha Bay, South Africa between 25 April-29 May 1687 and Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 31 May-22 July 1687 and arrived at Ceylon. At the departure were 26 persons on board. Tonnage 90 metric tons. Chamber Zealand, on stocks by Penne at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands in 1685, launched in January 1686, dimensions 85-86 x 20½ x 11½ feet. Dutch measurement cargo capacity 67 last, measurement at Batavia, Dutch East Indies cargo capacity 60 last.