History
The Samaritaan was a ship chartered by the Zeeland chamber of the WIC (Dutch West India Company) from the private shipowner Va Hoorn of Vlissingen.
The ship departed from Vlissingen for the Congo on November 29, 1687. There, 481 enslaved people were taken on board. On July 20, 1688, the crossing to Suriname began, where the 414 survivors were sold.
On the return journey—on May 16, 1689—the ship, along with the *Wapen van Zierikzee* and five private vessels, accidentally encountered a French fleet in the English Channel; all of them were confiscated and taken to Brest.¹
The subsequent fate of the Samaritaan is unknown.
Description
| Master | Willems Marinus, |
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