Danish ship Christiana 1674-1686

Built in the Netherlands in 1672, bought in 1674, given to the East India Company in 1686, dimensions 127 x 28'10" x 12'9", an armament of 50-56 guns and a crew numbering 260-283 men.

Sources
Preben Holck. Lists of men of war. Part III Denmark. 
Chr. Bruun. Curt Sivertsen Adelaer. En historisk Undersøgelse. Kopenhagen, 1871. 

Danish East Indiaman Kronprins Frederik arrived at Bergen, Norway returning from the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Haagsche courant dated 19 September 1808

An item dated Copenhagen, Denmark the 6^th reported the safe arrival on 14th August at Bergen, Norway of the Danish East Indiaman Kroonprins Frederik captain Ogelvie coming from Batavia, Dutch East Indies with a cargo consisting of 500.000 pound sugar, 300.000 pound coffee and a huge amount of species.

Danish East Indiaman Princes Louisa arrived in Denmark returning from China according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 29 July 1760

An item dated Copenhagen, Denmark reported the arrival on the 28th of the Danish East Indiaman Princes Louisa which left on 13th January China.

Danish East Indiaman Kroonprinses [Kronprindsesse] arrived safely at St. Helena according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 30 July 1823

Copenhagen, 22 July. The Danish East Company received the tiding that the rich loaded Kroonprinses [Kronprindsesse] arrived safely 10 May at St. Helena.

Movements of the Dutch E.I.C. ships in the Dutch East Indies in July 1690

The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so-called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia, HR no. 2506. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates. See also on this weblog the notes dealing with cargo capacities and individual ships.

Adrichem, fluyt, destined towards Persia 4 July 1690
Bantam, ship, destined via Coromandel towards Europe 4 July 1690
Bombahia, yacht, departed Batavia towards Masulipantnam and from there to Paliacatta 19 July 1690
Bombain, yacht, destined towards Masulipatnam 8 July 1690
Coning van Bantam, yacht, departed Batavia via Permissang towards Palembang 24 July 1690
Cronenburg, fluyt, destined towards Mallabaar 4 July 1690
Duijff, small boat, destined towards the West Coast of Sumatra 17 July 1690
Egelenburgh, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Ceylon 11 July 1690
Hendrik Maurits, ship, destined via Ligor towards Siam 8 July 1690, departed Batavia via Ligor towards Siam 25 July 1690
Klipvisch, pantjalang, departed Batavia towards Cheribon 26 July 1690
Leervisch, pantjalang, departed Batavia towards Tagal 26 July 1690
Moercappel, yacht, destined towards Souratta 4 July 1690
Stompneus, pantjalang, departed Batavia via Tagal towards Japara 9 July 1690
Sumatra, ship, destined to transport pangeran Dipa Ningrat and 100 European soldiers with a officer towards Bantam 26 July 1690, 100 soldiers embarked 29 July 1690
Tamen, small fluyt, destined towards Bengal 8 July 1690, departed Batavia towards Bengal 21 July 1690
Vogelstruijs, pantjalang, arrived at Batavia coming via Indermaijoe and Cheribonfrom Tagal 6 July 1690, departed Batavia via Cheribon towards Japara 9 July 1690, arrived at Batavia coming via Cheribon from Japara 25 July 1690
Vrijheijd, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Indermaijoe with a cargo of wood 12 July 1690
Wapen van Terthoolen, arrived at Batavia coming from Japara 18 July 1690
Westeramstel, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Indermaijoe with a cargo of wood 9 July 1690

Danish naval preparations for war according to the Dutch newspaper Groninger Courant dated 29 March 1808

According to an item dated Copenhagen 16 March arrived in Denmark an allied army consisting of Dutch, French and Spanish troops. In Denmark continued the preparations for war fare continuously. The commanding officers of the new naval force were appointed and except for the gunboats were 10 armed vessels available. All the merchant ships which were lying there and which numbered between 181 until 240 and above were to report to become a crew and to prepare for service. In the Great Belt were 3 Danish brigs of war waiting.

An earlier edition dated 18 March supplied even more details. In an item dated Copenhagen 5 March was reported that of the so-called Scheeren fleet at Landskrona 18 vessels were ready to depart. These vessels were freed from the ice. To compensate the fleet handed over to the British were new armed vessels available. The gun prams Kempen, Swerdfisk and Lindormen were lying ready just like some gunboats and four East Indiamen were fitted out as frigates and armed with 36pdr guns and carronades. The engine for destroying ships which was recently invented deserved more attention that first was thought.(1) The inventor Winstrup (a guard soldier) was by his commanding officer general count of Bauaissin presented to the crown prince with as result that the prince ordered that the Admiralty would investigate the model of the engine. Sadly enough supplied the newspaper Koninklijke Courant dated 14 March 1808 the same details about this engine.

Note
1. Perhaps a ‘submerged’ ship like the famous Fulton in 1807 in New York showed? The spelling of the names in the news item was of course Dutch.

Sea tidings according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviasche koloniale courant dated 19 April 1811

An advertisement announced the public sale on Tuesday 30^th of the Grasmaand (April) at 08.30 o’clock by the auction master Van ‘t Wout in the Kalimaas at Soerabaja of the Danish East Indiaman Kroonprins anchored at Soerabaja. She was build at Northfleet, Kent, a 3-decker with 3 masts and as dimensions 161’ (prow) x 36’3” (maximum), height between decks 5’10” in British feet, a measurement of 875 94/100 English tons with all her belongings and a cargo of around 2,812 pikols sugar of Jacatra in 3,175 doubled so-called straw bags and around 300 picols Sapan wood.

Sale of cargo of the Danish East Indiaman Koning of Deennemarken according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 5 July 1777

According to an item dated Copenhagen 14 June was the date of the sale of the cargo brought with the Danish East East Indiaman Koning of Deennemarken (1) set on 3 September.

Note

1. Dutch spelling of the original name which must have sounds like Konge af Danmark. This translation is correct regarded the http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatisk_Kompagni where an East Indiaman is mentioned with this name build in 1768-1769.

Naval operations of the Dutch East Company at Bengal according to the Generale Missive dated 30 November 1729

From this destination arrived 13 and 21 April the 's Heer Arendskerke, Bentveld and Noordbeek with a cargo valued fl. 744.775, of which sum fl. 201.080 was destined for the Netherlands. Towards Bengal were sent 26 May the Opperdoes via the West Coast of Sumatra, the Vis via Tuticorin, the Noorderkwartier via Ceylon, 21 June the Meerhuizen, Baanman and Buis, 5 August the Wendela, Hof niet altijd Zomer and Delfland and finally 14 October the Linschoten and Middelwoud with the pilot galiot Waker via Malacca. The latter was destined to become a pilot boat for the river Ganges. With those ships were stores and unmarked coins sent with a value of fl. 4.069.889. While the spruyt Ekeren and the Jannegat became less deep, was decided to prevent damage to the hulls of the Company ships with a length of 130 feet, to load and unload in January off Volta. However, if those ships arrived in February, they have just like the ships with a length of 150 and 160 feet to load off Pipelij. This place was outside the Ganges West of the sea banks near Bellesoor. Here the British used to load their largest ships, destined towards Europe. In the soft North monsoon this was a good anchor placer, but a very dangerous one with South West winds. Batavia hoped that the stores sent from Bengal to the Netherlands were more appreciated than the examples sent over from the Netherlands with the ships Prattenburg and Oostrust. If not, the director was to blame. There were 7 small vessels hired and 16 pions taken into service for the transport and guard of the saltpetre. Repair costs of vessels were fl. 4680. There was nothing special to report dealing with the British as that a large amount of private barques via Madras or directly from Madras arrived at Bengal. Farther more 6 ships arrived with a capital of 45 ton gold. Four of these ships returned homewards when the North monsoon came, including the Walpole coming back from Jedda. Two other ships departed in March. The French ships Le Mercure and La Sirène returned after successful trading back to Europe. The Oostendse Compagnie didn’t sent anything, their stores were partly burnt. The new building of a stone building opposite of the Danes stagnated.

Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel IX: 1727-1737. The Hague, 1988, p. 37-40.

Danish East Indiaman Gyldne Løve wrecked in end 1730 according to the Dutch magazine Europische Mercurius

This Dutch magazine published all kind of information (for instance political and economical) dealing with was going within Europe. So it becomes possible to get an impression of what was common known within a country of what was going on in their own country and other European countries in their own time.

According to a tiding from London was the Danish East Indiaman Goude Leeuw [translation would be Gyldne Løve] master Jan Heetman underway from Copenhagen to Tranquebar wrecked off Ireland. The crew of 80 men and most of the cash money in board consisting of 12 boxes were saved. She had left the Sont with the Prins Christiaan bound for China.

Source

Europische Mercurius, XLI part, vol. 2, July-December 1730, edition December p. 286. Amsterdam, 1731.

Movements of the Dutch E.I.C. ships and foreign ships in the Dutch East Indies in March 1701

The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so-called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia, HR no. 2521. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates. See also on this weblog the notes dealing with cargo capacities and individual ships.

Assendelft, ships, destined towards Cheribon for a cargo of wood 3 March 1701
Baros, chialoup, arrived at Batavia coming from the West coast of Sumatra with a cargo valued ƒ 30.690:17:00 26 March 1701
Casteel Batavia, yacht, decided to sent a large amount of cash towards Bantam and to return with a cargo of pepper 4 March 1701, departed Batavia towards Bantam with a cargo valued ƒ 122.029:01:02 10 March 1701, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam with a cargo valued ƒ 84.737:12:08 28 March 1701
Crab, chialoup, departed Batavia towards Cheribon 19 March 1701, arrived at Batavia coming from Cheribon 28 March 1701
Dorell, British ship, arrived at Batavia coming from China 1 March 1701, departed Batavia towards England 5 March 1701
Driekroonen, ship, tiding of her arrival at Cape of Good Hope underway towards the Netherlands 24 March 1701
Etershem, fluyt, decided to sent her for a cargo of woodwork towards Tagal 11 March 1701, departed Batvia towards Japara 19 March 1701
Fredericus Quartus, Danish East Indiaman, tiding of her arrival at Cape of Good Hope 24 March 1701
Godfrigt, British ship, due to the fact that she had take some survivors of the Harwits on board became her crew too large and she allowed sailors to leave the ship 1 March 1701
Happij Return, British ship, tiding of her arrival at Cape of Good Hope coming from England 24 March 170
Hartloop, frigate, arrived at Batavia from her cruising for pirates in Banca Strait 7 March 1701
Harwits [Harwich?], British ship, wrecked in China 1 March 1701
Heeren Freguat [Lords’frigate?], British ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Banjer 16 March 1701
Hof van Ilperdam, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from the Netherlands24 March 1701
Houtsnip, chialoup, laid up 29 March 1701
Middelburg, chialoup, arrived at Batavia coming via Palembang from Malacca with a cargo valued ƒ 200:11:05 taken on board at Palembang 20 March 1701
Noordgouw, frigate, tiding of her arrival at Cape of Good Hope coming from Texel 24 March 170
Oostersteijn, ship, tiding of her arrival at Cape of Good Hope underway towards the Netherlands 24 March 1701
Oosthuijsen, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Samarang 26 March 1701
Pampus, yacht, mentioned 1 March 1701, arrived at Batavia from her cruising for pirates in Banca Strait 7 March 1701, destined towards the East coast of Java for a cargo of woodwork 18 March 1701, departed Batavia towards Japara 21 March 1701
Pentsjar, British ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Borneo 8 March 1701, departed Batavia towards England 20 March 1701
Peperthuijn, arrived at Batavia coming from Siam [Thailand] with a cargo belonging to the company valued ƒ 31.622:13:00 and 400 boxes of copper belonging to the crown and some of his servants 7 March 1701
Peter en Paul, frigate, mentioned 2 March 1701
Purmer, yacht, destined towards the East coast of Java for a cargo of woodwork 18 March 1701, departed Batavia towards Tagal 19 March 1701
Santo Francisco, Portuguese chialoup, arrived at Batavia coming from Siam [Thailand] 7 March 1701
Soelen, fluyt, destined towards Japan 22 March 1701
Susanna, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming via Palembang from Malacca with a cargo valued ƒ 21.655:09:08 taken on board at Palembang and a cargo of white pepper valued ƒ 97:19:08 taken on board at Malacca 20 March 1701
Tonijn, chialoup, departed Batavia towards Tanjongoura 19 March 1701
Trumbal Galeij, British ship, arrived at Batavia coming from China 19 March 1701
Unie, ship, arrived at Batavia coming via Mallabar from Souratta with a cargo valued ƒ 64.238:18:08 8 March 1701, destined towards Ceylon but first to do a voyage towards Cheribon for a cargo of rice and other stores 22 March 1701
Venhuijsen, ship, tiding of her arrival at Cape of Good Hope underway towards the Netherlands 24 March 1701
Zuijd Pool, galliot, arrived at Cape of Good Hope coming from the Netherlands with official papers for Gamron 24 March 1701

Danish warships in active service according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 23 October 1781

Copenhagen, 9 October. The most of the Danish warships which were fitted out this year have returned and disarmed. At the moment were the only active ships the Wagrien send to the Cape to wait for the expected East India Company homeward bound ships, the Groenland was guard ship at Helsingor and there were four frigates in the West Indies. The Russian frigate which recently arrived coming from St. Petersburg wass waiting for the first favourable wind to depart for Constantinople.

The shares of the Danish East and West India companies according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 23 October 1781

Ron van Maanen

Copenhagen, 9 October. The Asiatic Company ships Mars master Witts and the Prinses Charlotta Amelia left one of these days the dock. The cargoes of the last two arrived company ships are sold in a public auction with as result that the shares of the East India Company are valued 1,800 thalers. The shares of the West India Company which were on the begin of the year just 100 thalers each worth are now 700 thalers worth. The shares of the new East Sea Company [Baltic company? became everyday more worth and have now a value of 60 thalers.

Danish East India Company decided to sent two ships towards China according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 28 September 1758

Copenhagen, 16 September. On 3 September arrived a ship from Tranquebar in Mogolistan the first one since three years while another one was expected. The East India Company decided to fit out this year again two ships with as destination Canton in China while the results with selling Chinese merchandise at the latest auction were quite successful profitable.