History
The Castel del Rey was a ship of the Dutch West India Company (WIC). When leaving New York, the ship ran aground near New Utrecht, near present- day Brooklyn. Initially, a lifeboat was able to approach the ship from the coast. But the weather worsened: it froze very hard and blizzards prevented further rescue efforts. The ship was reached a day later. Of the 145 persons on board, only four were still alive.
Previously, nine men had been rescued. The rest froze to death. The ship was probably overloaded in combination with the bad weather, which was fatal.
Among the dead was the ship's captain, Otto van Tuyl, from Gameren. He had fled to New York with his young family in 1663. This was because he stabbed someone in a fight in a café in Tuil (see under references).
Description
Tonnage: 60 last (120 tons)
Master: Adriaan Claver, (1704), Otto van Tuyl (1705)
Armament: 18 cannon
| People on board | 145 |
|---|---|
| Length | 80 feet (24.4 m) |
| Width | 19 feet (5.8 m) |
| Draft | 12 feet (3.7 m) |
References
- R. L. Van Tuyl and J. N. A. Groenendijk
A van Tuyl Chronicle, 650 Years in the History of a Dutch-American Family - Marx, Robert F., (1971)
Shipwrecks in the Americas
New York