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Sunday 26 April 2015

Dutch East Indiaman Den Helder bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1685

Fluyt. She left on 13 May 1685, Texel, Netherlands with as captain Gijsbert van Kraaienstein, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 8-28 October 1685 and arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 26 January 1686. Her crew numbered  80 (arrival)-77 (departure) sailors and further more 26 (arrival)-24 (departure) soldiers. Chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1684, dimensions 130 x 31¾ x x14 feet.