French marshall Jofre visiting the Far East and USA according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary (W.I.S.) No. 44 dated 5 November 1921

sister ship Dupetit-Thouars. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the French marshal Joffre (1) went on 11 November at Marseille, France on board of the ss Porthos bound for the Far East. At Singapore he was to go on board of the flagship Montcalm (2) destined to Saigon and around 20 December he intended to visit the king of Siam [Thailand] (3) at Bangkok and from there the kings of Cambodia (4) and Annam (5). At Tongkin he would rejoin the Montcalm bound for Yokohama, Japan, planned arrival between 20-25 January 1922. After a month he would continue his voyage to China via Seoul, Korea and Mukden and the USA before returning home.

Notes

1. Joseph Jacques Césare Joffre (12 January 1852 Rivesaltes-3 January 1911 Paris), Chief of the Army Staff 1911-1916 and Commander-in-Chief of the French forces on the Western Front 1914-1916.

2. Part of Gueyon-class armoured cruisers, preceded by Jeanne d’Arc, succeeded by Dupleix-class, laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France on 27 September 1898, launched on 27 March 1900, commissioned on 24 March 1902, decommissioned and reclassified as accommodation ship on 28 October 1928, renamed Trémintin on 26 September 1934 and sunk at Brest, France during an RAF air attack on 16 August 1944.

3. Vajuravudh (1 January 1881-26 November 1925), titled Rama VI.

4. Cambodia was a French protectorate between 1863-1953 (in 1945 a Japanese puppet state), king was Sisowath (7 September 1840-9 August 1927) between 27 April 1904-9 August 1927.

5. Born as prince Prince Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Đảo (8 October 1885 – 6 November 1925), emperor as Khải Định between 18 May 1916-6 November 1925. Annam [Central Vietnam] and Tonkin [North Vietnam] were French protectorates between 1883-1945. Annam, Tonkin and Cochinchina [South Vietnam]formed since 1887 French Indochina.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-129-73

Movements of the Dutch E.I.C. ships in the Dutch East Indies in March 1683

The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so-called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia; HR no. 2495. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates. See also on this weblog the notes dealing with cargo capacities and individual ships.

Coevorden, ship, departed Batavia towards Bantam 9 March 1683
Craanvogel, hooker, arrived at Batavia coming from Toncquin 9 March 1683
Delfshaven, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Rembang 19 March 1683
Eemlant, yacht, chamber Amsterdam, arrived at Batavia coming via Cape Madagascar, Couchin and the West Coast from the Netherlands with 52 men 23 March 1683
Geele Beer, fluyt, departed Batavia via Bouton towards Ternate 1 March 1683
Griffioen, chialoup, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 23 March 1683
Hellevoetsluijs, ship, returned off Canton from Macao 31 March 1683
Huijs te Bergen, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Bengal 9 March 1683
Huijs te Cleef, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from patrolling in Banca Strait 9 March 1683
Janskerck, fluyt, hull of the laid up ship sold for 280 rijksdaalders 27 March 1683
Marcken, small fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Cheribon 16 March 1683, departed Batavia towards Bantam 30 March 1683

Naaltwijck, small yacht, departed Batavia towards Bantam 2 March 1683, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 15 March 1683

Nederhorst, cat, departed Batavia via Soerabaja towards Banda 1 March 1683

Nieuw Middelburgh, ship, departed Batavia towards Bantam 9 March 1683, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 16 March 1683

Quartel, hooker, arrived at Batavia coming from Cheribon 17 March 1683

Roemerswael, ship, departed Batavia towards Bantam 9 March 1683

Rogh, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 11 March 1683

Sillida, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming via Bantam from Seringij 15 March 1683

Stadgrave, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Bengal 9 March 1683

Tijger, frigate, destined with 4 pantjalangs towards Craoangh for patrolling 26 March 1683

Wapen van Tertholen, ship, departed Batavia towards Sunda Strait with fresh water for the homeward bound ships 21 March 1683

't Wout, ship, returned off Canton from Macao 31 March 1683

Zeijst, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Sunda Strait 1 March 1683, departed Batavia towards Sunda Strait 20 March 1683

Zirckzee, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 15 March 1683

Movements of the Dutch E.I.C. ships in the Dutch East Indies in April 1694
The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so-called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia, HR no.'s 2512-2513. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates. See also on this weblog the notes dealing with cargo capacities and individual ships.

Beijer, ship, chamber Delft, arrived at Batavia coming from the Netherlands 1 April 1694
Borsenburg, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Bengal 7 April 1694, departed Batavia towards Cheribon for a cargo of wood 15 April 1694
Bije, fregat, departed Batavia towards Malabaar 15 April 1694
Casteel Batavia, chialoup, departed Batavia towards the Schoondijke in the Sunda Strait 27 April 1694
Coninck William, ship, decided that she was destined with the Maas and Crab towards Ceylon 30 April 1694
Crab, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Ceylon 11 April 1694, destined to be homeward bound but first to bring a cargo of rice towards Ceylon 15 April 1694
Dageraat, small yacht, news of her shipwrecking off Robben eiland 30 April 1694
Dieren, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Bengal 5 April 1694, departed Batavia towards Bantam for a cargo of pepper 22 April 1694
Fortuna, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from the Vries baaij 26 April 1694
Goudebuijs, ship, chamber Enkhuizen, news arrived of her disastrous voyage 1 April 1694, news that she was stranded off Cape of Good Hope or near the Baai van Sint Helena 30 April 1694
Groote Visserije, ship, departed Batavia towards Bantam for a cargo of pepper 9 April 1694
Java, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Ceylon 11 April 1694
Maas, ship, destined to bring a cargo of rice towards Ceylon and to join the fleet commanded by commandeur Paulus Huntum 15 April 1694
Peperthuyn, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Palembang with a cargo of pepper 12 April 1694
Schoondijke, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from the Netherlands 27 April 1694
Snauw, yacht, departed Batavia via Cheribon and Tagal towards Japara and from there via Rembang destined towards Soerabaja 4 April 1694
Stantvastigheijt, yacht, departed Batavia towards Mauritius and Madagascar instead of the returned Eemland 4 April 1694
Vosmaar, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Ceylon 11 April 1694
Waddinxveen, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Ceylon 11 April 1694
Wint, small frigate, destined towards Tonquin 19 April 1694
Zeehaas, pantjalang, arrived at Batavia coming from Cheribon 17 April 1694
Zillida, yacht, mentioned as being in the Vries baaij 5 April 1694, mentioned as being in the Vries baaij 10 April 1694, arrived at Batavia coming from the Vries baaij 26 April 1694

Fitting out of French transport towards Tonkin according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 25 December 1882

An item reported that at Toulon orders were received to fit out a transport for transporting reinforcements to Tong-king.(1)

Note

1. Tonkin also spelled as Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking is the northern part of what is nowadays Vietnam. After the war between France and China in the years 1884-1885 became Tonkin a French protectorate just like Annam and Cochinchina.

French transport shouting for passing Dutch warship Hr.Ms. Gelderland with on board Paul Kruger according to the Dutch newspaper Goessche Courant dated 20 November 1900

An item referred to the British newspaper Daily Mail which reported that according to tidings from Port Said the crew of a French transport underway to Tonkin last Thursday while passing the Hr.Ms. Gelderland was shouting Yahoo for the South African president Kruger.

Note

1. The Second Boer War found place between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902 and ended in a defeat of the Boers and regaining British sovereignty of the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal). In 1920 became the Union of South Africa part of the Commonwealth.

Movements of the Dutch E.I.C. ships and foreign ships in the Dutch East Indies in May 1699

The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so-called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia, HR no.2519. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates. See also on this weblog the notes dealing with cargo capacities and individual ships.

Boswijk, ordered to depart from Batavia early in the next morning with the army of Bantam towards Succadana 5 May 1699
Bije, yacht, ordered to depart from Batavia early in the next morning with the army of Bantam towards Succadana 5 May 1699
Caauw, small yacht, destined towards Toncquin 15 May 1699
Drij Cronen, ship, destined towards Persia and Souratta 12 May 1699
Eemland, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Japara with a cargo of planks 20 May 1699
Eenhoorn, ship, arrived at Batavia coming via Bima from Macassar with a cargo of sapan wood 24 May 1699, departed Batavia towards Bantam for a cargo of pepper 31 May 1699
Eijkelenburgh, yacht, destined towards Bengal 19 May 1699
Faam, yacht, ordered to depart from Batavia early in the next morning with the army of Bantam towards Succadana 5 May 1699
Fliet Freguat, British ship, arrived at Batavia coming from England 21 May 1699
Geelvinck, yacht, destined towards Bengal 19 May 1699
Hartloper, frigate, arrived at Batavia coming from Cheribon with a cargo of woodwork 8 May 1699, departed Batavia towards Bantam 29 May 1699
Hobre, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Cheribon with a cargo of rice 8 May 1699
Huijs te Duijnen, yacht, destined towards Japana 29 May 1699
Keulen, ship, destined towards Persia and Souratta 12 May 1699
Mijdreght, yacht, departed Batavia towards Cheribon for a cargo of woodwork 4 May 1699
Oostvoorn, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Tagal with a cargo of woodwork, pepper and buffalo skins 6 May 1699
Padang, chialoup, ordered to depart from Batavia early in the next morning with the army of Bantam towards Succadana 5 May 1699
Pampus, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Bengal 8 May 1699
Peperthuijn, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Cheribon 26 May 1699
Sara, British ship, departed Batavia via Malacca towards China 19 May 1699
Susanna, yacht, departed Batavia towards Bengal 28 may 1699
Voetboogh, fluyt, departed Batavia via Siam [Thailand] towards Japan 4 May 1699
Vrijburgh, ship, destined towards Japan 12 May 1699
Zalland, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Tagal with a cargo of woodwork 16 May 1699

Movements of the Dutch E.I.C. ships in the Dutch East Indies in May 1698

The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so-called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia, HR no.2518. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates. See also on this weblog the notes dealing with cargo capacities and individual ships.
Bekesteijn, departed Batavia towards Bengal 31 May 1698

Caauw, small yacht, destined towards Tonquin 27 May 1698
Claverblad, small fluyt, laid up 2 May 1698
Concordia, departed Batavia towards Bantam for a cargo of pepper and to bring cash money for the sultan 8 May 1698, arrived at Batavia coming from Concordia with a cargo of pepper and ‘harpuijs’ 21 May 1698
Cronenburg, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Pamanoekand and Tsiassem with a cargo of woodwork 10 May 1698
Dieren, fluyt, departed Batavia via Siam [Thailand] towards Japan 2 May 1698
Eemland, yacht, departed Batavia towards Malacca 24 May 1698
Fortuijn, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming via Japara from Surabaya with just 8 pots of jarak oil as cargo loaded 7 May 1698
Geregtigheijt, chialoup, arrived at Batavia coming from Boompjes island after a useless patrol fro pirates 26 May 1698
Goudesteijn, ship, destined towards Siam [Thailand] 2 May 1698, departed Batavia towards Damak for a cargo of woodwork 7 May 1698
Handboog, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming via Bima from Macassar 23 May 1698
Herderin, small yacht, news arrived of her misery voyage coming from Ternate 22 May 1698, arrived at Batavia coming via Macassar from Ternate 30 May 1698
Hobre, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Japara 4 May 1698
Java, ship, departed Batavia towards Japara for a cargo of beams while transporting 4 European carpenters for Samarang and 60 Inland soldiers for Japara 17 May 1698
Leeuwerk, galliot, news arrived from Bantam of her arrival in Sunda Strait coming from the Netherlands 24 May 1698, arrived at Batavia 30 May 1698
Oostersteijn, ship, departed Batavia towards Ceylon [Sri Lanka] for rice and other stores 29 may 1698
Peperthuijn, small yacht, departed Batavia towards the West Coast 14 May 1698
Reijgersdaal, ship, departed Batavia towards Coromandel 23 May 1698
Sara, British ship, arrived at Batavia coming from England 30 May 1698
Schaapherder, small yacht, departed Batavia towards Bantam with cash money and stores 17 May 1698
Siriang Marchiant, British small ship, reported by the Hobre as cruising off Japara 4 May 1698, arrived at Batavia 9 May 1698, on board was opium found 14 May 1698
Spare, yacht, departed Batavia via Siam [Thailand] towards Japan 8 May 1698
Susanna, departed Batavia towards Bengal 31 May 1698
Swaag, fluyt, a letter from her arrived at Batavia while she was in Sunda Strait coming from Cape of Good Hope 8 May 1698, arrived at Batavia with the news of the peace treaty with France 14 May 1698
Walenburg, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Tagal 7 May 1698
Wijk op Zee, yacht, departed Batavia towards Coromandel 23 May 1698
Zaamslag, small yacht, departed Batavia towards Bengal 31 May 1698

French bark Fernand Henri underway from Tonguin towards France according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 4 November 1893

An item dated 2nd reported the passing of Nieuw Anjer [nowadays Anyer, Indonesia] by the French bark Fernand Henri underway from Tonguin towards Fecamp.

Movements of the Dutch E.I.C. ships in the Dutch East Indies in January-March 1687

The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates. Daghregister HR no. 2502. See also on this weblog the notes dealing with cargo capacities and individual ships.

Aap, pantjalang, arrived at Batavia coming back from Tanjongpoura 12 March
Alexander, yacht, ordered to replace the Poulorun 2 February, destined via Bantam towards Palembang 27 February
America, departed towards Macassar 25 February
Betuwe, destined towards Bantam 19 March, departed Batavia towards Bantam 21 March
Blauwenberg, small yacht, destined via Bantam towards Lampon 9 February
Casteel Batavia, yacht, being loaded 27 March
Couwerve, destined towards Bantam 19 March, departed Batavia towards Bantam 21 March
Craanvogel, hooker, wrecked off island Alkmaar 11 February
Duijff, small fluyt, also called boat, arrived at Batavia coming from the Netherland, cargo valued ƒ 5873:08:08 7 February, destined towards Banda 14 February, departed Batavia via Japara and Cheribon towards Banda 4 March
Eendragt. chialoup, laid up as being worthless 11 February
Faam, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming via Tegal from Japara without letters 27 January, destined towards the East coast of Java 19 March, departed towards Cheribon 21 March
Gaasperdam, yacht, departed Batavia to inspect the homeward bound ships Post and Zuid Beveland, returned at Batavia same day 6 March
Goutvink, hooker, ordered as being worthless to be laid up 15 January, sold for 61 rijksdaalders 27 February
Huijs te Spijk, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Siam 11 March
Javaanse Bode, small yacht, ordered to be sent to Lampong 31 January, arrived at Batavia coming from Lampong 15 February
Lands Welvaren, ship, arrived at Batavia coming via Cape de Bonna Esperanza from the Netherlands 8 February
Mastbosch, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from the Netherlands 5 March, destined towards the east coast of Java for timber 19 March
Meerkat, pantjalang, arrived at Batavia coming back from Tanjongpoura 12 March
Naaltwijk, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming via Malacca from Palembang with pepper 19 March
Nadermeer, destined via Macassar towards Banda 28 January
Nederhorst, fluyt, also called cat, destined via Bantam towards Lampong 14 January, ordered to come with the sick men 31 January, arrived at Batavia coming form Lampong with prisoners 14 March, destined towards Palembang with rice and provisions for the army train commanded by Crijn de Rande 19 March
Negombo, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 16 January, destined towards Timor 24 February
Nieuwlant, fluyt, destined towards Banda 24 February
Paliacatta, chialoup, destined via Bantam towards Lampon 9 February
Pepertuijn, small yacht, destined via Bantam towards Lampon 9 February
Pijlswaart, yacht, destined towards Ternate 27 February
Post, also called Turkse Post, ship, destined towards the Netherlands for Amsterdam 23 January, destined towards the Netherlands 5 March, departed Batavia towards the Netherlands 6 March
Poulorun, yacht, to be replaced by the Alexander 2 February, destined towards Japara with 4226 picols pepper valued ƒ 52626:20:00 22 February, destined towards the East coast of Java 19 March
Rog, small yacht, ordered to be sent to Lampong 31 January, arrived at Batavia coming from Lampong 15 February, departed Batavia towards Banda 4 March
Ruijter, jacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Canton 20 February
Sint Maartensdijk, yacht, destined via Japara towards Amboina 8 February
Sumatra, yacht, destined via Japara towards Amboina 24 February
Vlieger, chialoup, destined via Bantam towards Lampon 3 January, departed Batavia via Bantam towards Lampon 8 January, arrived at Batavia coming from Lampong 29 January, destined towards Lampong 1 February, arrived at Batavia coming from Lampon 12 February, destined towards Lampong 19 February
Wagthond, hooker, arrived at Batavia coming from Toncquin 7 March
Waveren, fluyt(-ship), destined towards Bantam 28 January, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 7 February, destined towards the east coast of Java for timber 19 March, departed towards Cheribon 21 March
Westeramstel, fluyt, destined towards Bantam 12 January
Wiltschut, small yacht, destined via Bantam towards Lampon 9 February
Zeehaes, pantjalang, destined towards Bantam 17 January, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 28 January, destined with a letter to Bantam 1 February, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 4 February, destined towards Bantam 2 March, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 8 March
Zuid Beveland, yacht, also called ship, destined towards the Netherlands 3 January, destined towards the Netherlands for Amsterdam 23 January, destined towards the Netherlands 5 March, departed Batavia towards the Netherlands 6 March

French transport l’Annamite wrecked according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 31 January 1891

An item reported that at Toulon was feared that the transport l‘Annamite was lost. She left on 1 January Toulon with 711 passengers on board towards Cochin China and Tonkin. Rumours said that she was sunk at sea after disembarking a detachment infantry at Oran, ALgeria.

French troop transports Shamrock, Tongkin and Bien-Hoa destined towards Tonkin according to the Dutch newspaper Goessche Courant dated 25 September 1883

An item reported that the transport Shamrock had left Toulon with around 990 soldiers on board, the half for Tongkin and the other half for Cochinchina to add to the garrisons there. The transport also carried a large amount of hospital equipment with her. She was destined towards Saigon but had to wait at Singapore for orders of admiral Courbet to be sent if needed to Tongkin. The ships Tongkin and Bien-Hoa would follow within some days to transport Algerian troops to the battle scene and some officers of the marines to replace the casualties during the last fights in Annam.

Note
1. Tonkin also spelled as Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking is the northern part of what is nowadays Vietnam. After the war between France and China in the years 1884-1885 became Tonkin a French protectorate just like Annam and Cochinchina.

French transport Sarthe caused cholera epidemic according to Dutch newspapers in 1884

The newspaper Zierikzeesche Courant dated Saturday 28 June 1884 reported that in Toulon cholera broke out causing panic in South France and in Paris. According to an official announcement was the minister of navy the Wednesday before warned by telegraph that Toulon feared for the outbreak of cholera. Cholera was not an unknown disease in this area so it fact was the death of a patient on the 14th neglected while the ships which returned from Tongking [Vietnam] had no sick on board. When however more people died including men in the navy hospital were measures taken to prevent the navy personnel and the ships transferred as far as possible from the epidemic centre. The navy infantry was transferred to saint Madrier and the crews of the reserve fleet not allowed to go on shore. The commonly conviction was that the cholera not caused by the recently returning from China by the transports Sarthe, Mytho and Bien Hon but by the worse town sewage.

The newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 2 July 1884 wrote that according to the correspondent of the British newspaper Times in Toulon rumours were spread that the captain of the transport Sarthe committed suicide caused by regretting to enter the town with cholera on board despite heavy protests of his officers. In Paris was this rumour denied. The edition of the next day reported that it was not the captain of the Sarthe which ship likely responsible was for the cholera but just a citizen of Toulon. The suspicion that it was the Sarthe responsible for taken the cholera with her was confirmed by her ships’ log. When she was on the Red Sea there were 14 cases on board.

The navy of Tonquin or Anam according to Conrad Malte Brun around 1822

P. 371: “Their navy, consisting of 200 galleys, is remarkable for nothing, except the employment of a sort of Grecian fire which burns under water”.

Source
Conrad Malte Brun. Universal Geography, Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, of a new plan etc. Edinburg/London, 1822. Digitized by Google.

Movements of the Dutch E.I.C. ships in the Dutch East Indies in June 1694

The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so-called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia, HR no.'s 2512-2513. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates. See also on this weblog the notes dealing with cargo capacities and individual ships.

Borsenburg, fluyt, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Bengal 30 June 1694
Bovencaspel, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Japara 28 June 1694
Couverden, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Japara 2 June 1694
Dieren, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Japan 29 June 1694
Eemlant, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Japara 29 June 1694
Elisabeth, chialoup, arrived at Batavia coming from Soerabaja 3 June 1694, destined towards Jambij 8 June 1694, departed Batavia
Fortuijn, small yacht, destined towards Jambij 8 June 1694
Gideon, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Malacca 15 June 1694
Goutvis, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from the West Coast of Sumatra 24 June 1694
Grote Visserije, called Visserije, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam with a cargo of 1238 bharen pepper 7 June 1694, destined towards Macassar 8 June 1694
Hobre, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Bengal 28 June 1694
Jambij, yacht, news of the arrival at Macassar 2 June 1694
's Landswelvaren, chamber Zealand, news of her coming from the Netherlands was driven far towards the East off Timor 4 June 1694, arrived at Batavia 9 June 1694
Langewijck, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Japan 29 June 1694
Nierop, fluyt, departed Batavia via Ceylon towards Bengal 30 June 1694
Padang, chialoup, departed Batavia towards Malacca 15 June 1694
Schoondijke, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Bengal 30 June 1694
Sint Nicolaas, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming via Japara from Soerabaja 10 June 1694, decided to laid up 22 June 1694
Sparwoude, fluyt, sold for 525 realen 15 June 1694
Spierdijk, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Japan 29 June 1694
Walenburg, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Bengal 21 June 1694
Wint, frigate, departed Batavia towards Toncquin 29 June 1694

Movements of the Dutch E.I.C. ships in the Dutch East Indies in July 1684

The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so-called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia, HR no.'s 2496-2497. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates. See also on this weblog the notes dealing with cargo capacities and individual ships.

Africa, ship, news that she was abandoned by the crew and burnt 300 miles from the coast 27 July 1684
Beurs, yacht, destined towards Japan 12 July 1684
Bombain, yacht, departed Batavia towards Toncquin 12 July 1684
Bovencarspel, fluytship, departed Batavia [towards Japan?] 3 July 1684
Brack, yacht, with all equipment sold for 610 rijksdaalders to the Chinese Tsoa Hin Ko 4 July 1684
Craanvogel, hooker, departed Batavia towards Toncquin 12 July 1684
Delfshaven, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Cherbon, with a cargo valued ƒ 21785:12:06, 29 July 1684
Eemlant, yacht, destined towards Japan 12 July 1684
Egelenburg, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Japara with two new chiampans 15 July 1684
Faam, ship, news of arrival at Cape of Good Hope coming from the Netherlands 27 July 1684
Gecroonde Vreede, ship, laid up due to being incapable 18 July 1684
Hellevoetsluijs, ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 9 July 1684
Honsholredijk, ship, arrived at Batavia coming via the West Coast of Sumatra from Coromandel 26 July 1684
Jambij, yacht, departed Batavia towards Bengal 29 July 1684
Juffrouw Anna, yacht, hired, destined via Coromandel and Ceylon towards the Netherlands 12 July 1684
Langewijk, ship, news of arrival at Cape of Good Hope coming from the Netherlands 27 July 1684
Macassar, ship, mentioned as being in Sunda Strait 5 July 1684
Nederhorst, yacht, departed Batavia towards Bengal 29 July 1684
Negombo, yacht, departed Batavia towards Bengal 29 July 1684
Oosterblocker, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Cheribon 18 July 1684
Piesang, chialoup, departed Batavia towards Sunda Strait 5 July 1684, arrived at Batavia coming from Sunda Strait 10 July 1684, departed Batavia towards Bantam 29 July 1684
Pijl, yacht, laid up due to being incapable 25 July 1684
Post, ship, news of arrival at Cape of Good Hope coming from the Netherlands 27 July 1684
Roemerswaal, yacht, departed Batavia towards Bantam 18 July 1684
Romeijn, yacht, chamber Amsterdam, hired, arrived at Batavia coming via cape of Good Hope from the Netherlands, cargo valued ƒ 71283:08:00, 131 men, 23 July 1684, destined via Bengal towards the Netherlands 25 July 1684
Rooseboom, chialoup, arrived at Batavia coming via Banda from Sunda Strait 15 July 1684
Schelde, ship, chamber Zealand, arrived at Batavia coming via Cape of Good Hope from the Netherlands, cargo for chamber Zealand valued ƒ 155187:04:10, cargo valued for chamber Rotterdam valued ƒ 73331:11;)9, 231 men, 27 July 1684
Sint Martensdijck, yacht, departed Batavia towards Bengal 29 July 1684
Soestdijck, fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Palembang, with a cargo of pepper valued ƒ 40240 30 July 1684
Veluwe, ship, laid up due to being incapable 18 July 1684
Waveren, fluyt, departed Batavia [towards Japan?] 3 July 1684

Movements of the Dutch E.I.C. ships in the Dutch East Indies in February 1690

The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so-called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia, HR no. 2506. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates. See also on this weblog the notes dealing with cargo capacities and individual ships.

Aerdenhout, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Cheribon 9 February 1690, departed Batavia towards Ternate 24 February 1690
Cronenburgh, departed Batavia via Macassar towards Banda with the representatives of radja Goa 17 February 1690
Croonvogel, small yacht, departed Batavia via Tagel and Japara towards Soerabaja 5 February 1690
Eemland, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Aijmuij 26 February 1690
Egmont, chialoup, departed Batavia via Ternate towards Amboina 2 February 1690
Faem, yacht, departed Batavia towards Bantam 11 February 1690
Gaesperdam, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Tonquin 1 February 1690
Gideon, fluyt, departed Batavia towards Banda 21 February 1690
Macassar, chialoup, departed Batavia via Cheribon towards Macassar 16 February 1690
Meerl, small fluyt, arrived at Batavia coming from Palembang with a cargo of pepper 14 February 1690, destined via Ternate towards Banda 21 February 1690
Raep, small yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Bantam 11 February 1690
Rosingeijn, also called Rosingam, chialoup, mentioned 5 February 1690, arrived at Batavia coming from Banda 26 February 1690
Sint Martensdijck, yacht, departed Batavia towards Ternate with the representatives of Tidor and a cargo of 60 last rice and other victuals 16 February 1690
Snoeck, pantjalang, arrived at Batavia coming from Tanjongoura 20 February 1690
Tamen, fluyt, departed Batavia via Macassar towards Amboina 15 February 1690
Wijck op Zee, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Malacca with a cargo of copper 15 February 1690

The navy of Cochin-China in 1826

The Asiatic Journal and Monthly register for British India and its Dependencies gives quite unexpectedly some useful information dealing with this navy. In earlier notes on this weblog I already was able to write something about her, but this is an important addition.

Vol. 21, January 1826:

P. 91: “We were gratified on Friday evening last, the t3th inst. with a very novel spec-

p. 92: tacle, by the arrival, in our harbour, of his Cochin Chinese Majesty’s frigate, Toy Lang, mounting thirty-two guns, commanded by Woyang Wanfang. On Sunday came in also, his Cochin Chinese Majesty’s brig Bucluang, Huong Kongton commander. These vessels touched at Singapore, where they remained a few days. They were lately built under the superintendence of a Frenchman. The ship is a neat model of a vessel, measuring, we believe, about 35O tons. The hull, masts, &c. are painted in a very fantastic manner. Our contemporary of Singapore states that the commanders gave it out that trade was not their object, and that they have been sent out by their government to gain nautical and geographical experience, and a knowledge of naval tactics ; but it appears they have each a cargo of Tonquin lead and sugar, raw silk, rice, &c. We are happy to recognize, in the head mandarin, the same person who visited this settlement last year in quality of a supercargo, and who found so ready a sale for the cargoes of four large junks, that he bas been induced to return to our port in the expectation of meeting with similar success this season. We trust that the encouragement they will receive by the disposal of their cargoes upon advantageous terms, may be the means of creating a further extension of trade between the ports of Cochin China and this island. A large Cochin China junk, with a valuable cargo, also came in on Saturday last. This vessel was bound, we understand, for Batavia ; but encountering bad weather, or missing her intended port, she made for the straits of Malacca.—[Penang Gazette, May 18. In our last number we announced the arrival of three vessels belonging to the king of Cochin China. The three mandarines and the commanders paid a visit of ceremony to the hon. the governor, at Suffolk, on Wednesday last, and were received with every mark of attention. It does not appear they have brought any letters for our government from his Cochin Chinese Majesty ; but they are furnished with a commission. They report that several trading junks may be expected here during the present season. We have no doubt our mercantile readers will, be gratified to learn that, in compliment to the king of Cochin China, on the fir*t occasion of his sending two squarerigged armed vessels to this port, and with the view of encouraging and promoting the commercial intercourse between this island and Cochin China, the Government had been pleased liberally to grant a remission of duties such articles of merchandize on board the three vessels lately arrived, as might be Liable to duty under existing regulations. So handsome a compliment will, we trust, have its due effect of increasing the confidence of his Cochin Chinese Majesty, and inducing a reciprocal accommodation to any vessels of our nation visiting the ports of his kingdom for commercial purposes. The man-of-war junk which proceeded to Tavoy last year, and remained several months in this harbour, had arrived at Singapore. Several of her guns and other warlike stores which had been landed at Tavoy, prior to the arrival of the British force which captured it, were detained, and, we are informed, our Government offered them a handsome supply here in return, which the mandarines did not feel themselves at liberty to accept, and politely declined, with many acknowledgments for the attention to their wants evinced by Government, in supplying them with a pilot, anchors, cables, &c. when the junk proceeded to Tavoy to return the Burman ambassadors. The mandarines complained much of the ingratitude of the Burmans, and their shabby treatment of them upon their arrival at Tavoy. They expressed a hope that his golden-footed majesty of Ava would not trouble them with any more missions, and added, that any future envoys from him would, in all probability, meet with a rough reception. [Penang Gazette May 21.]”

Vol 22, December 1826, p. 721

“A Cochin-Chinese ship and two junks arrived from the capital of this country on the 19tb instant, after a passage of fifteen days. These vessels belong to the king, and are ostensibly despatched on the same errand as the vessels which arrived here last year in the month of April. Like these, however, they have brought full cargoes, consisting of sugar, tutenague, and Tonquin lead, with a few cases of silk piece-goods. From this we presume that the voyage of last season had proved a profitable one, and we hope that his majesty may continue to prosecute the trade. We learn that the government of Cochin-China have lately increased their navy, and that they now possess eleven sail of square-rigged vessels, fully equipped. From the appearance of the ship at present in our harbour, the Cochin-Chinese do not seem to have made much progress in naval tactics ; one-half of her crew are Chinese, and she is navigated by a Chinese native of Sygun.— [Singapore Chron. March 30.”

Portuguese shipping in Dutch East Indies in 1685-1686

The National Archive of Indonesia published on her website tables of contents of the so-called Daghregisters (Daily accounts) of the Castle Batavia. Unfortunately they are in Dutch. In those tables you can find for instance information about the ships arriving at and departing from Batavia (nowadays Djakarta). I extracted the movements of the Portuguese ships and vessels owned by the E.I.C. The Portuguese names are phonetically written. The dates mentioned below in the text are the register dates.

Anapourna, yacht, arrived at Batavia coming from Manila 4 March 1685
Nossa Senhora de Monseratte, small ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Macao 31 December 1685, as Monserrate departed Batavia towards Macao 22 May 1686, news of the wrecking of the Monseratte in Sunda Strait 26 May 1686
Nossa Senhora de Quia en Zint Anthonio, chialoup, arrived at Batavia coming from Siam 13 December 1686
Nossa Senhora de los Milagris, ship, wrecked off the Aguilles 29 July 1686
Nossa Senhora dos Milhados, ship, wrecked off Cabo Palco, 5 crewmembers allowed to travel to Malacca 27 September 1686
Nossa Signora de Rosario Grande, small ship, arrived at Batavia coming from Macao 3 March 1685, identical with the Nossa Signora de Rosario towards Macao with a priest of Toncquin 14 June 1685?
Santo Anthonij, departed Batavia towards Mocambique 17 July 1685
Sint Catharina, small yacht, arrived at Bantam coming from Madras 23 December 1686, her captain Bernardo Mendes was allowed to go on shore for some days 27 December 1686