Maritime record TR 45 NE 39 - Oostereem

Summary

DUTCH EAST INDIAMAN, 1783

Location

Grid reference TR 4644 5793 (point) NLO
Map sheet TR45NE
District DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Ex: VENUS. A hired vessel taken on by the V.O.C. in 1771, left the Texel on 17.01.1783 but ran aground and was wrecked. Her first voyage for the company had been under her original name, after which the Dutch East India Co. renamed her with the intention of purchase. Her cargo included bale goods (ie. cloth), gunpowder, warlike stores and 20,000 in silver specie. Original nationality of Vessel: Prussian Year Built: 1771 Master: Axel Land Crew: 183 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. CJ.30.01.1783(R); Dutch-Asiatic Shipping Vol.2 (outward bound) p661 & 701


<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Feb 25 1994 12:00AM