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Sunday, 27 October 2019

Dutch East Indiaman serving at Batavia and Spanish naval actions according to the Generale Missive dated 31 March 1734

The Valkenisse, Huis te Foreest, Reigersbroek, Krooswijk, Buis and Herstelling were ordered to patrol in Sunda Strait for illegal merchants. Three ships destined for Bengal were to patrol in Malacca Strait. There came news that two Spanish galleys captured in Mindanao a Dutch ship, presumably the Langerak with 50 men on board.

Source
J. van Goor, Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel IX: 1729-1737. The Hague, 1988, Generale Missive from Dirk van Cloon, p. 567-587.