De Trouw was a fluyt ship purchased in Zaandam (Sardam) by the VOC chamber Amsterdam.*

She departed on April 3, 1649, for the Zeeland chamber bound for Batavia (arrival September 20, 1649). De Trouw remained in Asia after her outward journey. She sailed, among other routes, on the Far East route (Batavia-Siam-Taiwan-Japan).

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Fort Zeelandia in Tayouan

De Trouw arrived in Batavia on December 3, 1658. By then, she was so worn out that she was only usable on relatively safe routes, such as in the Indonesian archipelago and the routes to the Spice Islands.

On May 2, 1659, she was torn from her anchor during a storm and driven onto the cliffs. She sprang a leak and took on water. The crew and the cattle on board were rescued.1

*NA 1/04.02 (VOC) 234 (Resolutie. . Amsterdam) , 25-5-1648
alsoo nu twee fluydschepen gecoft syn ...goetgevonden dat men de fluyt de Trouw aen de camer van Seelant sal presenteren om deselve op dherbst voor haer naer Indie te equiperen ende dat deynstvolg d vrnd fluydt nu tot cruysen gedestineert met haer Vwachte retourschip naer Selant sal laten gaen

Tonnage: 250
Master: Bartholomeus Roos (until 1656)
Armament: 20 (1655)

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