At Batavia arrived 31 January the Hof niet altijd Winter coming from Bengal
with a cargo valued fl. 427.139 of which for fl. 399.712 was destined for Europe
and a letter dated 15 November 1737. The Loenderveen still didn’t arrived at
Hooghly. Due to an indescribable ocean were the Strijen, Dishoeck, Schuitwijk
and Ritthem smashed on the coast of Volta just like the sloops Volkera and
Sibilla. The galliot Putter was smashed 4 cable lengths into the wood. The
sloop Volta was also stranded, the Jager missing and the Wachter was last seen
without masts. The Schuitwijk was slightly damaged in contrary to the heavily
damaged Dishoeck and the Ritthem, which was not longer worth to be repaired. It
was possible in which manner the cargo’s were lost or damaged. The British
suffered even much more.
Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan
Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel X: 1737-1743. The
Hague, 2004, p. 96.
