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History

The Zoutberg was a ship of the Dutch West India Company (WIC). It appears in the "List of the ships and yachts in Brazil" from 1639. It is not clear what later became of the ship.

Painting of a three-masted vessel under sail near the coast.
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Dutch ships on the roads of Recife, by Abraham Willaerts, 1640.

Description

WIC chamber: Amsterdam

Armament: 20 cannon.

People on board46
Tonnage240 ton (120 last)

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