The Ridderkerk was 12 April 1734 off Bantam, since then her position was unknown. At Batavia the crews were supplemented by Moorish sailors. Arrived was 6 June the Haften, 3, 18, 25 and 26 July the Vis, Alsem, Lage Polder en Noordwijkerhout with a lot of sick and dead. The ships op the autumn fleet arrived earlier: Adrichem 19 June, Everswaart 12 July, Beekvliet, Westkapelle and Meijenburg 14 July, Steenhoven 15 July, Maria Adriana 18 July, Iepenrode and Gaasperdam 22 July, Hillegom, Kronenburg and Vlissingen 25 July, Kerkwijk, Loosdrecht, Nieuwstad and Purmerlust 22 August and the Kasteel van Woerden and Knappershof 12 September. With those ships came 2720 sailors and 1107 soldiers of which 533 died. The Alsem and the Slot Kronenburg destined for the homeward bound fleet via Bengal for the chambers Amsterdam and Zealand left 15 August.
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. 588-596.
