History
Historical Description
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.
A painting of a Dutch East Indiaman off Hoorn, before 1686
Description
Type: unknown, but most likely a spiegelretourschip (East Indiaman) based on known specifications.
Name: Bleijenburg
Captain: Jan Lindeboom (Lindenboom)
Built: 1719
Chamber: Amsterdam
Wharf: Amsterdam
Length: 160 feet
Tonnage: 550 last (1100 tons)
A full scale replica of the Amsterdam, a Dutch East Indiaman from 1748.