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Thursday, 6 November 2014

Dutch East Indiaman Zuid-Beveland bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1767

She left on 21 December 1767 Rammekens, Netherlands with as captain Anthonie de Jong, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 12 April-13 May 1768 and arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 16 July. At the departure were 246 persons on board. Sailed for account of the chamber Zeeland. On stocks by Willem Udemans at Middelburg, Netherlands on 31 January 1756, launched on 5 February 1757, dimensions 130 x 32 x 14, Dutch measurement cargo capacity 291, measurement at Batavia, Dutch East Indies cargo capacity 260 last.


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 Netehrlands 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)
-Collectie Hope 1602-1782 no. 77 (National Archive at The Hague).
-Archive Family Mathias-Pous Tak van Poortvliet no. 60 (Zeeuws Archive at Middelburg).