History
Zandloper made one successful voyage to the Indies and back to the Netherlands, but capsized and sank in a storm on 20 November 1701. This happened off the coast of Trinconomale in modern day Sri Lanka on a journey from Bengal to Galle. Captain Kornelis van de Kriek is recorded as having gone down with his ship, although some members of the crew swam to the shore and reached a coastal place called "Caddrawally".
Model of a 1639 Dutch fluyt.
Description
Name: Zandloper
Type: Fluyt
Built: 1695
Chamber: Delft
Wharf: Delftshaven
Captain: Kornelis van de Kriek
Complement: 40
Tonnage: 244
Length: 90.7 feet
Beam: 24.5 feet
Moulded depth (top of keel to bottom of upper deck): 11 feet
Engraving of a fluyt, 1677.
References
- Dutch National Archives in The Hague: NL-HaNa, VOC, 1.04.02, inv. nr. 8915, section Ceylon, letter dated 31 December 1701..