Valkenbos

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Valkenbos
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NameValkenbos
Owner
Ordered1719
Out of serviceAugust 1722
Fatesank in Japan between 14 and 18 August 1722
General characteristics
Type Fluyt
Length145 ft (44 m)
Capacityloading capacity: 400 last (800 tons) [1]
Crew250

Valkenbos, also written as Valkenbosch, was a 18th-century fluyt of the Dutch East India Company.

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Valkenbos was a Rotterdam-built merchant ship. She was 150 feet (46 m) long and had 250 crew members. She went to Batavia, the Dutch East Indies from where she made several voyages. During her second voyage to Deshima, she wrecked near the Japanese coast and sank with all hands between 14 and 18 August 1722. Among the casualties was the new VOC opperhoofden in Japan Joannes van Baten, causing that Hendrik Durven had to stay in Japan for an extra term.

Ship details

Valkenbos was ordered in 1719 and built in Rotterdam for the Chamber of Rotterdam  [ nl ]. She was a wooden fluyt, 145 feet (44 m) long and had a loading capacity of 400 last (800 tons). [2] The ship had 250 crew members. [1]

History

On 8 March 1719, during the spring meeting of the Heren XVII  [ nl ], the central administration of the Dutch East India Company, it was decided that seven ships would be built. The names were already determined at that meeting and were next to Valkenbos: Bleijenburg  [ nl ], Ravesteyn, Nieuwvliet  [ nl ], Goudriaan  [ nl ], Midloo and Magdalena  [ nl ]. [1]

Voyages

After being built in 1719 in Rotterdam she had her first voyage to Batavia, Dutch East Indies in 1720. On 25 April 1720 she departed from Goeree under command of Jacob Brouwer. She had an intermediate stop at Cape of Good Hope for over 5 weeks between 28 August 1720 and 6 October 1720. Valkenbos arrived at Batavia on 21 January 1721. Upon arrival there were still 174 crew members. From Batavia she made several voyages. [3]

From 30 June 1721 she was part of a fleet of three ships, together with Boekenrode and Bentveld, that went to Deshima. A member of the fleet was the new VOC opperhoofden in Japan, Hendrik Durven who would replace Roeloff Diodati on 9 November 1721. She arrived at Deshima on 4 September 1721. She returned to Batavia on 23 November 1721 together with Boekenrode and onboard the replaced opperhoofd Roeloff Diodati. The start of the departure had four days delay after it was not possible due to headwind to leave on 19 November. She arrived at Batavia on 7 January 1722. [1]

Her next voyage started on 1 April 1722 to Cheribon with a cargo of iron and 12,000 rds in cash. She returned from Cheribon with the pencalang Snoek and dredgers and arrived back at Batavia on 6 May 1722. [1]

Disaster

Her last voyage was towards Deshima together with Hillegonda. Onboard was the new VOC opperhoofden in Japan, Joannes van Baten who would replace Hendrik Durven upon arrival in Japan. During a heavy storm Valkbos sank with all hands near the Japanese coast. Next to the casualties, the damage was f 273,836. Because Joannes van Baten died in the disaster, Hendrik Durven had to stay in Japan for an extra term (until 18 October 1723). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Valkenbos (1719)". vocsite.nl (in Dutch).
  2. ↑ "Valkenbos (+1722)". Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (in Dutch).
  3. ↑ "Details of voyage 2422.1 from Goeree to Batavia". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands .
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