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Wednesday 3 July 2019

Naval strength of Dutch East India Company in the East Indies 17 December 1617

De Jonge published in his books several lists dealing with the naval strength of the Dutch E.I.C. For foreigners the main problem is that the books are written in Dutch and not always available in their countries. For this list he used the so-called Brieven en papieren overgekomen uit Oost-Indien, M Ao. 1618, part of the archive of the E.I.C., kept in the National Archive at The Hague.
The Gouden Leeuw, left towards the coast of Coromandel and Der Goes, incapable for voyages.
At Japan the Oude Sonne, Vlissingen and Galiasse.
The Oude Maen, Hollandia and Engell, of which the Engel is sent with stores towards the Moluccas.
The Morgensterre, Trouw, Hoorn and Wapen van Amsterdam, of which the last two were sent with stores towards Amboina and Banda.
The Swaen, British ship captured in the Moluccas.
At Jambi the Bergerboot.
At Bantam the Neptunes, Suyder Eendracht, Nieuwe Maen, Nieuw Bantam, Nassouw, Witten Beer, Swarten Leeuw and Groenen Leeuw.
't Wapen van Seelant, Eendracht, Walcheren, Enckhuysen and Eenhoren, all loading their cargo and with destination towards the Netherlands
Yachts Jager and Tiger towards Timor
At Jacatra the small yachts Have Maen, Cleen Hollandia, Cleen Enckhuysen and the frigate Ceylon (also called a small yacht)
At Jambi the sloop Cleen Vlissingen
The sloops Jacatra and 't Vosken towards the West Coast of Sumatra.
Altogether 38 small and large vessels, all except the homeward bound ships lacking stores etc. Just a few of those ships can served as homeward bound ships next year. So the authorities in the Dutch East Indies asked the Heren XVII in the Netherlands for new ships, men, ammunition and stores.
At Jacatra a large galley and 2 rowfrigates. At Jambi a rowfrigate. At Japan a junk used for the trade towards Siam. The frigates at Banda presumable lost. At Jambi and at Jacatra 2 large ferry-boats or so-called vlotschuyten used for (un-)loading cargoes.

Source
J.C. de Jonge. Nederlandsche Zeewezen, vol. 2, p. 792.