Sold on an auction Monday 16 October 1769 in the Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam the whaler De Hoop op de Walvisvangst. This extra ordinary seaworthy sailing fluyt ship had as master Cornelis Adriaanse Oud. Her dimensions were 115 x 30’6”x 13’2”, the verdeck 7’0” and the S. 9’5”(?) in Amsterdam foot. Costs ƒ4.800, with and adjudication of ƒ 100. R. Hageman on behalf of his master. Cornelis Adriaansz Out Nanning Adriaansz was a commandeur in the Greenland whale-fishery. He sailed in 1769 in service of Reynier Post at Alkmaar. He returned that year without a catch while the ship was leaking!
Sources
Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius. October 1769. First Part.
Gerret van Sante, broker at Zaandam. Alphabetische Naam-Lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davissche Commandeurs, die zedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland, en zedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis, voor Holland en andere Provincien hebben gevaaren. Haarlem, 1770. This book also contains hand written notes for the period 1770-1794.
