't Vliegend Hert

Dutch East India Company ship (1729–1735) t Vliegend Hert ital Dutch Republic 100px 't Vliegend Hert *Dutch East India Company * Chamber of Zeeland nl VOC-Kamer Zeeland 1729 11 December 1730 Wrecked at the Scheldt estuary on 3 February 1735 [[File:Nederland gouden dukaat 1729 VOC scheepswrak Vliegend Hert.jpg|thumb|307px|Utrecht gold ducat of 1729, retrieved from the t Vliegend Hert shipwreck]]t Vliegent Hert''' (The Flying Hart), sometimes listed as t Vliegent Hart (Flying Heart), was an 18th-century East Indiaman or "mirror return ship" (nl spiegelretourschip) of the Dutch East India Company. t Vliegend Hert was built in 1729 in Middelburg for the Chamber of Zeeland. Her maiden voyage was in December 1730, departing from Fort Rammekens (Netherlands) to Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia), commanded by captain Abraham van der Hart. On 3 February 1735, t Vliegend Hert left from Rammekens for Batavia, commanded by captain Cornelis van der Horst. She was accompanied by the smaller ship Anna Catherina'', under command of Jacob de Prinse and carried a cargo of wood, building materials, iron, gunpowder, and wine, as well as several chests with gold and silver coins. Shortly after departure both ships ran aground in the Scheldt estuary on the sandbanks around Duerloo Channel and were lost with all cargo and crew.van Dissel A.M.C. https://studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2606611/view Responsabiliteit van het Redden Over schip, goed en schipbreukeling in de vroegmoderne tijd 39–42 31 August 2017 Leiden University 10 December 2023 nl In the following days, barrels with jenever, beer, and oil washed ashore on the beaches of Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort. In 1736, the British diver Captain William Evans salvaged some items, including 700 wine bottles and an iron cannon. Because of the difficult conditions there were no further salvage attempts and gradually the wreck was forgotten. It was not until 1981 that the wreck site would be rediscovered. Many artifacts, including wine bottles, bullets and an intact coffer with 2000 gold ducats and 5000 silver reales were retrieved. In 1991 a second chest filled with gold ducats and Spanish reales was discovered, as well as several cases of silver ducatoons. As these ducatoons (riders) were not listed on the official cargo document it is likely they were smuggled on board by members of the crew to be sold for higher prices in the East Indies. References External links de VOC-site (Dutch) The wreck site Integrated assessment of the buried wreck site of the Dutch East Indiaman 't Vliegend Hart Category:Ships of the Dutch East India Company Category:18th-century ships Category:Shipwrecks of Belgium Category:Maritime incidents in 1735 Category:1730s disasters Category:18th century in the Southern Netherlands Category:Shipwrecks of the Netherlands Category:Vlissingen Category:1730 beginnings Category:1730s introductions Category:1735 in Europe Category:Ships lost with all hands Category:1730s in the Dutch Republic Category:Ships built in the Netherlands