Dankbaarheid by engravers Francis Jukes and John Peltro after Thomas Luny. Now part of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection
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History | |
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Dutch Republic | |
Name | Dankbaarheid |
Owner | |
Completed | 1772 |
Captured | 21 July 1781 |
Great Britain | |
Acquired | 21 July 1781 |
Out of service | 30 January 1782 |
Fate | Sank on 30 January 1782 in the Indian Ocean |
General characteristics | |
Length | 150 feet |
Capacity | loading capacity: 850 tons [1] |
Crew | 217-250 |
Dankbaarheid, also written as Dankbaarheit or Dankbaarheyt, was an 18th-century East Indiaman of the Dutch East India Company.
Dankbaarheid was a merchant ship and made multiple voyages from Goeree, Dutch Republic to Batavia, the Dutch East Indies. In 1781 she was captured by the Royal Navy during the Battle of Saldanha Bay. In 1782 she sank in a gale in the Indian Ocean.