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Saturday, 4 October 2014

Dutch East Indiaman Ouwerkerk bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1743

She left on 31 December 1743 Rammekens, province Zealand, Netherlands with as captain Kornelis Stevens, visited Santiago, Cape Verde Islands between 6-18 February 1744, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 13 May-2 June and arrived at Batavia on 7 September. Her crew numbered 105 (arrival)- (departure) 106 sailors and further more 44 (arrival)-56 (departure) soldiers. Of the E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Hendrik Raas at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands on 28 April 1738, launched on 9 February 1739, dimensions 130 x ? x ?

Sources
J.R. Bruijn, F.S. Gaastra and I. Schöffer. Dutch-Asiatic Shipping in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Vol II. Outward-bound voyages from the Netherlands to Asia and the Cape 1595-1794. The Hague, 1979.
Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde oost-indische compagnie der vereenigde Nederlanden ter kamer van Zeeland. Middelburg, 1759.
Archive V.O.C. 1602-1811 inv.no. 11048. Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie tec. Christiaan Sigismund Matthaeus, Jan Dane, Middelburg, 1759.
F.W. van Stapel. Beschrijving van de O.I. Compagnie.
Collectie Hudde 1627-1697 no. 21 (National Archive at The Hague).