Dutch East Indiaman serving at Bengal according to the Generale Missive dated 12 October 1735

At Batavia arrived the Hofwegen, Sleewijk and Steenhoven coming from Bengal. Twelve (?) ships were to be destined for Bengal, the Haften via Tuticorin for a cargo of chanco’s, the Schonauwen via Galle for a cargo of areka nuts, the Hof niet altijd Winter via the West Coast of Sumatra with 3 tons of silver destined for Hooghly and the Groenswaart via Coromandel for a cargo of 200.000 Pulicatse ropia (in case this coin could be exchanged against a value worth 3 1/8 a pagood at Coromandel). The Loenderveen was to sail via Coromandel, the Spiering, Huis te Spijk, Delfland, Jacoba and Sleewijk directly to Bengal and finally the Hartenlust and Elsbroek via Bengal towards the Netherlands. Total value of the cargos was ƒ 4.130.900. Of the ships sent in 1734 towards Bengal sailed the Alsem and the Kronenburg towards the Netherlands, 10 ships returned to Batavia and the Wendela stranded at the island Mitrif, 20 miles of Benkulen. The chialoups Chinsura and Decca were sent to Hooghly to replace stricken vessels.

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 Abraham Patras, p. 652-671.