Models of 18th Century East India Ships

Year Name Length Tonnage Nationality Locale
1717 Valkenise     Dutch Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1719 D'Bataviase Eeuw Dutch Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh
1721 Oostrus     Dutch Madame Kostio de War, Paris [1933]
1722 Blydorp     Dutch Maritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik", Rotterdam
1723 Padmos 136' 450 lasts Dutch Maritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik", Rotterdam
1723 [Zeven Provincien]     Dutch National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
1725 den Ary     Dutch Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam
1738 Somerset 100' English National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
1740 [Bleiswijk]     Dutch Museum Mr Simon van Gijn, Dordrecht
1742   150'   Dutch Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
1742   150'   Dutch Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
1742 D'Gerechtigheid 136' 425 lasts Dutch Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam
1747 [Mercurius]     Dutch Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
1749 De Keulse Galy     Dutch Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam
1750   150'   Dutch Maritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik", Rotterdam
1756 Vengeur French Musée de la marine, Paris.
1763 Lovisa Ulrica 43,6 m Swedish Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm.
1764 La Paix 145' French National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
1767 Barbersteyn     Dutch Nationaal Scheepvaartmuseum Het Steen, Antwerpen
1780 Vergelijking     Dutch Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
1780 Welvaaren     Dutch Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm. [On loan to Sjöfartsverket, Norrköping]
1786 Götheborg     Swedish Sjöfartsmuseet, Göteborg
c1780 140'0 English Henry Huddleston Rogers Collection, Annapolis, MD.
c1780 140'0 English Henry Huddleston Rogers Collection, Annapolis, MD.
1798 Scaleby Castle 157' English National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

There is also a model of an un-identified 18th century Dutch VOC-ship at the Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen.

Note: The two VOC-ships Blydorp of 1722 and the Padmos of 1723 are both represented by the same model.


Updated 1998-07-26 by Lars Bruzelius


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