See also for ships and vessels of the Dutch East India Company between 1720-1736 arrived in the Dutch East Indies according to a list dated around 1738 parts I and II on this weblog.
With the Westkapelle and the Lage Polder arrived 9 June and 21 Augustus letters form the Directors in the Netherlands dated 3 September and 10 November 1735. Of the 40 ships planned to sent out in 1735-1736 only a few arrived: 2 July the Hilversbeek, Krooswijk and Nieuwstad 7 July, Noordwolfsbergen and Scheijbeek 9 July, Knappenhof 13 July, Noordwaddinxveen 25 August, Kerkwijk 26 August, Slot Kronenburg 29 August, Huis te Foreest 1 September and Castricum 2 September. The Karsenhof, Langewijk, Westhoven and Sint Laurens of the earlier sent out ships arrived 29 April, 4,5 and 9 May. The Westkapelle and Nieuwvliet were sent to replace the wrecked ’t Vliegende Hart and Anna Catherina. In stead of the Castricum which ship lost her mizzen mast, was the Meijenburg destined towards Malabar. Due to the many sick and/or deceased men it was hardly possible to be able to find a crew for the homeward bound ships. Due to the disaster with the Hillegom, Meermond and Loosdrecht, the Kerkwijk was destined to be the 6th homeward bound ship for the chamber of Amsterdam.
Amboina
The Prattenburg and Opperdoes arrived 19 June at Batavia coming from Amboina with a letter dated 31 May and a cargo of 380 bahar cloves and 1500 lb sassafras.
Banda
From this destination arrived 19 June and 7 September the Huis ten Donk and the Herstelling with 646.468 lb nutmegs, 243.000 lb mace, 386 lb karet, 1500 lb pearl-shell, geconfijte noten (nuts) and marmalade. The Haaksburg sent directly to Banda, drove off towards Buru. Her cargo was brought with chialoupes towards Banda except for 21.000 nuts, which will be transported by the Haaksburg herself. The 4000 ‘geconfijte noten’ (nuts) brought by the Herstelling are of a poor quality and will be sent back to the seller. The pantjalangs Intree, Kisar, Kraai and Aru didn’t find anything special while patrolling around the West. The pantjalangs which were sent out to patrol around the East captured 5 inland vessels. The ‘losboot’ Palicol was lost with a cargo of 19.000 lb mace. There were 12 vessels available for the company to serve on this station.
Ternate
The master of the Haaksburg was informed by the sovereign of Buton that 25 September the Delfland passed towards Bima. It’s unknown what took her so long.
Makassar
The papers coming from this destination didn’t yet arrive at Batavia due to the accident with the pantjalang Beschermer. The crew of the ship was killed by some clandestine slaves on board off the Mandhar. Afterwards 8 innocent slaves brought her to Toeboe, where she still lies. There were still a lost of problems with the pirates from Boegin named Aroe Singkang and Toeasa. 17th March 3 well armed chialoupes and 2 schouwen, joined by another chialoup and 2 pantjalangs were sent out from Bonthain and Langa Lange to chase the pirates. Jeronimus Cruse was sent sent with the Oppas towards Pekat to act as a negotiator between the sovereign and his subjects. With the Middenrak were 26 September 100 European soldiers, 10.000 rijksdaalders payment, 5000 lb gunpowder, 13 guns and other provisions, total value ƒ 60.209 sent to Celebes. The Middenrak was to load 200 last rice at Tegal. It was the intention to send in November more European and inland soldiers, as much as possible. For this purpose the yachts Jacoba, Herstelling, Windhond, Spieringshoek and Schiedam, the chialoupes Jonge Dirk and Adriana Johanna and the pantjalangs Verlangen, Bellazaaor en Snip were to be available.
Timor
The Valk arrived 16 October at Batavia with a cargo of 77 realen gold, 19.708 lb wax, 3 male slaves, 1 container sandalwood trees, sandalwood seeds, 1000 lb slangehout (‘snakewood’) and broken guns, total value ƒ 11.678.
Palembang
Letters were brought by inland vessels, royal pepper barks and the chailoup Jonge Dirk. The latter ship arrived 11 June with a cargo including pepper and tin, total value ƒ 24.526. The Cats was sent towards Palembang 27 July with ƒ 252.211, including 65.000 realen.
Djambi
The Hoop was sent towards Djambi with a cargo valued ƒ 18.178. If there wasn’t enough backwards cargo available, she was ordered to go to Palembang. The Ondank was repaired.
Siam
The Hopvogel and Ter Horst departed Siam 23 January and 10 February. The departure was so late due to several causes. The ships arrived at Batavia 7 and 17 April with a cargo valued ƒ 103.420 including 1.002.000lb sapanwood, 174.000 lb tin. 105.000 lb lead, 19.000 lb gomlak, 4500 lb wax, 50 pots atjar bamboo, 35 pots red pinanglime, and 150 pots honey. The Ter Horst brought 167.3000 tin towards Ayutthaya. The Opperdoes and Hopvogel transported 15 July and 21 August for an amount of ƒ 258.000 silver ducatons towards this station. The Opperdoes brought a cargo valued ƒ 5900 towards Ligor.
China
The Huis te Spijk and Magdalena, both of 130 feet length, were sent 17 April towards China. The first was ordered to sail directly to the Cape in the beginning of or medium December, the second ship was to return to Batavia in half January to add there to her cargo more porcelain and tea bought from the Chinese. Until otherwise decided were ships of 130 feet instead of 145 feet used for the China trade. The cargo of both ships included ƒ 300.000 rijksdaalders, ƒ 53.000 in British markrealen, ƒ 87.000 in realen and ƒ 183.000 in merchandise. The merchandise included 11 pikol ‘moernagelen’, 100 pikol spices, 3000 pikol black pepper, 2000 pikol tin and with 111.000lb sapanwood as lower layer (this wood wasn’t really popular).
