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Friday 11 November 2011

Naval strength of Dutch East India Company in the East Indies in January 1649

De Jonge used for this list the Brieven en papieren overgekomen uit Oost-Indien, LLL Ao. 1649.
Off Batavia
ships: Princesse Royale, Oliphant, Malacca, Vogel Struys, Banda, Drommedaris, 't Hoff van Zeelandt, Provintien, Middelburgh, Zeelandia and Schiedam.
yachts: Arnemuyden, Jonge Prins, Luypaert, Popkensburch, Lillo, Alckmaer (at Onrust built), Delfshaven, Kievit, Hulst, Griffioen, Lisch, Sperwer and Macreel.
Fluyts: Beer, Juffrouw, Heemstede, Coninck Davidt, Petten, Uytgeest, Den Os and Goede Gans.
Moluccas
ship Harderwyck, yachts Bruynvisch and Concordia and fluyt Vergulde Ganseveder.
Amboina
't Sas van Gent, Roemerswael, Gapinge and one chaloup.
Banda
ship Wesel, yacht den Haring, fluyt Reyger and Castricum, chaloup Banda and a pilot boat.
Solor
yacht Zeemeeuw and the fluyt Witte Paert.
Tayouan, Japan and Tonckin
fluyts Maeslandt and Gecroonde Liefde towards Tayouan, fluyt Campen towards Japan and fluyt Witte Valck towards Tonckin.
Malacca
fluyt Noorsterre
yachts Vos, Limmen, Grijpskercke, Welsingh, Kleen Battavia and Ackersloot
raft Battavia
chaloups Siam and Sandijck
Siam
Hillegaersberch, Berckhout and Patientie
Choromandel, Bengal and Pegu
yachts Visiagapatnam, Tegepatnam, Witte Duyff and Zeerob
chaloup Pipely
Mallabaar, Suratta, Mocha and Persia
ships Bergen op Zoom, Maestricht and Nassouw
yachts Sluys, den Haen, Heemskercke and Post
fluyts Salm, Snoeck, Arent and Leeuwerik
Ceylon
fluyts Eendracht and Meerman
queels Hasewind, Overschie and Wolff
ships in anno 1648 laid up or wrecked
laid up ship Amsterdam, fluyts Broekoort, Rijp, Engel, cappel, Dolphijn and yacht Waterhont
wrecked yacht Rensburgh
ships returned to the Netherlands January 1648, commanding officer Wollebrand Geleynssen
4 names unreadable due to condition of original document
fluyt Coninck van Polen, ship Oraengien, Henriette Louyse, fluyt Noort-Munster, ships N. Delff chamber Delft, N. Rotterdam, chamber Rotterdam, West-Vriesland, chamber Hoorn and N. Enckhuysen, chamber Enckhuizen.

Source
J.C. de Jonge. Nederlandsche Zeewezen, vol. 2, p. 800-801.