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History

Bleijenburg had made a successful journey to the Dutch East Indies and was returning to the Netherlands carrying a cargo of porcelain, when she was lost between Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope. She was carrying 105 seamen, 20 soldiers, 4 craftsmen, 10 VOC employees, and 1 passenger. Her captain, Jan Lindeboom, is recorded as going down with his ship, although some of the crew survived and were rescued.

Bleijenburg

A painting of a Dutch East Indiaman off Hoorn, before 1686

Description

Built: DEIC warf Amsterdam

Tonnage: 550 last (1100 tons)

A full scale replica of the Amsterdam, a Dutch East Indiaman from 1748.

SkipperJan Lindeboom
People on board141
Length160 Amsterdam feet (45.3 m)
Tonnage1100 ton (550 last)

References

Down on 21 December

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Burgzand Noord

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