Ridderschap van Holland wreck

Willem de Vlamingh went looking for the ship in 1696/97. The ship was possibly taken by pirites near Madagascar

  • Country Built Netherlands

  • Port Built Amsterdam

  • When Built 1682

  • Length 50.00

  • Engine N

  • TONA 520.00

  • When Lost 1694/01

  • Where Lost Between Cape Colony and Batavia (Jacarta)

  • Sinking Missing

  • Sunk Code Unknown

  • Port From Wielingen

  • Port To Batavia

Museum Reference

  • wreck Ridderschap van Holland

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Ridderschap van Holland
wreck Ridderschap van Holland
When Lost 1694/01
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Between Cape Colony and Batavia (Jacarta)
Engine N
TONA 520.00
Country Built Netherlands
Port Built Amsterdam
When Built 1682
Port Registered Vlissingen
Length 50.00
Deaths 302
Crew 300
Sinking Missing
Sunk Code Unknown
Port From Wielingen
Port To Batavia
Cargo General
Master Dirk de Lange
Owner VOC
Builder VOC
Comments Willem de Vlamingh went looking for the ship in 1696/97. The ship was possibly taken by pirites near Madagascar
Sources C. Halls, 'The loss of the Ridderschap van Holland', Annual Dog Watch 22 (1965), pp. 3-8. Heeres, The part borne by the Dutch in the discovery of Australia 1606-1765, p. 83
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/ridderschap-van-holland