De Eendracht was a ship of the Dutch West India Company (WIC), active shortly after it was founded. It sailed as the vice admiral ship with the first official reconnaissance squadron (together with the Hoop and the Trouw) of the WIC under Pieter Schouten.

Early in 1624, Schouten had risen to the rank of admiral or squadron commander within the WIC. Het was co-commander of the first WIC squadron that was sent out that year. On January 26th, the three ships left the Netherlands.

Together with the parallel squadron of Hendrick Jacobsz Kat, the command of Schouten was aimed at taking Spanish ships and performing reconnaissance in the Caribbean. Yet the Eendracht was separated from the other two ships near Cuba.

Later, near Cabo San Anton, the Eendracht encountered two Spanish ships of the so-called Honduras fleet en route to Havana. One of them was captured and was taken in tow. Subsequently, the two ships were driven deep into the Gulf of Mexico by currents and wind. Somewhere near the Dry Tortuga Islands, the Eendracht ran aground and was lost. The crew then had to transfer to the Spanish ship. With this, Zeeland (in the Netherlands was reached safe and sound on September 16th, 1624 (see de Laet under references).

Tonnage: 150 last

Armament: 14 cast iron guns (gotelingen)

Rijksmuseum

• De Laet, J. (1644)
  Historische of Jaarlijkse verhaal
  pp I, 24, 32