The 'Tijger' was a ship in the service of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) active in the triangular trade.

The ship departed with a cargo of trade goods worth 27,458 guilders bound for Ardra (a kingdom in the south of present-day Benin) to purchase 'enslaved people' there and subsequently trade them in Suriname.

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Ships at the roadstead of Vlissingen ca. 1715

War

Several WIC ships (including Rachel, Carolus Secundus, and Tijger) departed from Texel on June 7, 1704. They sailed in a convoy through the English Channel. The Republic was at war with France (War of Spanish Succession). In 1704, France intensified its privateering activities in the Channel. Shortly after leaving the English Channel, the Tijger was captured by French ships and taken to St. Malo.

the ship the Tijger had been destined for the slave trade to Ardra and Suriname and shortly after leaving it was captured by France *

The ship was replaced by De Grote Tijger van het Noorderkwartier.
What ultimately became of the Tijger is unknown.

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