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Saturday 20 December 2014

Dutch East Indiaman De Pijl in 1683 in the Dutch East Indies

Yacht. Lying in the roads of Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Needed maintenance at Onrust, Dutch East Indies but already had to wait too long. Hr expected value was to serve in calm waters like the Eastern provinces, Malacca, Siam, the west coast of Sumatra, Palembang en Jambij but likely more a short time in waters as along the east coast of Java or a small trip to the roads of Palembang. Measurement 100 last. (1)

Source
Archive V.O.C. 1602-1811 inv.no. 11250.

Note
1. Also called frigate Pijl, of the I.C.-chamber Amsterdam, built in 1671, dimensions 110 x 29 x 12½, height above 5½.