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Saturday, 4 October 2014

Dutch East Indiaman Evertswaard bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1742

She left Rammekens, province Zealand, Netherlands on 15 May 1742 with as captain Kornelis de Zitter, visited Robben Island 8-11 September, visited at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 11 September-3 October 1742 and arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 8 January 1743. Her crew numbered 127 (arrival)-150 (departure) sailors and further more were 73 (arrival)-192 (departure) soldiers on board.  Laid up at Batavia on 3 December 1748. Of the E.I.C.-chamber Zealand, on stocks by Hendrik Raas at E.I.C-yard at Middelburg, Netherlands on 10 November 1723, launched on 6 June 1724, dimensions 145 x ? x ? and a metric tonnage of 850 tons.

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).