VOC ship Candia (1788)
 VOC ship Candia, engraving by G. Groenewegen 1789
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Dutch Republic | |
| Name | Candia |
| Owner | Dutch East India Company |
| Builder | Rotterdam Dockyard |
| Launched | 1788 |
| Maiden voyage | 26 October 1790 |
| Out of service | 1796 |
| Fate | Dismantled, 1796 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Spiegelretourschip |
| Tons burthen | 1150 tons |
| Length | 45.73 m (150 ft 0 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Candia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC) which only once traveled for Asia in 1790 and never returned to the Netherlands.
Construction
[edit]Candia was an East Indiaman ship built for the Chamber of Rotterdam of the Dutch East India Company in 1788 in the Rotterdam shipyards, as a 1150-ton ship with a length of 45.73 metres (150.0 ft).[1]
History
[edit]On 26 October 1790 the Candia left Europe from the island of Goeree for its travel to Batavia under the command of captain Dirk Dirksz Varkevisser (1758-1805),[2] who previously had command over the VOC ship Middelwijk in 1786 and 1787.[3] The ship left with 186 people on board.[4] It arrived for a stop at Cape Town on 13 February 1791, disembarking 20 persons. On the passage to Cape Town 3 persons had perished. Departing on 23 March 1791, it finally arrived in Batavia on 15 June 1791, where it was sold in 1796 and broken up.
Visible remainder
[edit]The Dutch maritime painter Gerrit Groenewegen (1754-1826) created a depiction of the Candia in 1789, while still in Dutch waters near Rotterdam, giving a good impression of the appearance of the Dutch Spiegelretourschip in those days.
Citations
[edit]- Bruijn, Jaap R. (2011). Commanders of Dutch East India ships in the eighteenth century. Boydell Prress. ISBN 978-1-84383-622-3. OCLC 768529539.
References
[edit]- ^ "www.vocsite.nl". Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Bruijn (2011), p. 334.
- ^ "www.nationaalarchief.nl". Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "The Dutch East India Company's shipping between the Netherlands and Asia 1595-1795". huygens.knaw.nl. Huygens ING. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
External links
[edit]- Candia original books from 1790
- Information at Huygens ING
- Scan of Bruijn, J. R. (2011) on Google Books, Retrieved 27 February 2020