Dankbaarheid

Dankbaarheid

Dankbaarheid by engravers Francis Jukes and John Peltro after Thomas Luny. Now part of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection
History
Dutch Republic
Name	Dankbaarheid
Owner	Dutch East India Company Chamber of Rotterdam [nl]
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.