Johanna (East Indiaman)

History
United Kingdom
NameJohanna
NamesakeAnjouan
FateWrecked 8 June 1682
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen515,[2] or 600 (bm)
Complement110
Armament36
Johanna (East Indiaman) is located in Western Cape
Wreck
Wreck
Western Cape, South Africa

Johanna (or Joanna) was an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC), possibly named for the island of Anjouan, then known as Johanna. She made five voyages for the EIC between c. 1671 and 1681, On her sixth voyage she became the first Indiaman lost on the South African coast when she wrecked on 8 June 1682.