On the 23rd of December 1662, Joan Maetsuycker wrote a letter from Batavia: “We hoped that the other four missing vessels would have been found at St. Helena but the contrary has been the case; and this has caused us great anxiety and almost made us believe that some disaster from storms had befallen them, for shortly afterwards - god help us - we received news from Ceylon that the Arnhem had, in the said storm, been disabled by the loss of her rudderpin…”
Ship Name: Arnhem
Ship Built: 1654
Tonnage: 1,000
Nationality: Netherlands
Ship Type: East Indiaman
Year Wrecked: 1662
Location Wrecked: Somewhere in the Indian Ocean, about 150 miles from Mauritius
Reason for Wreck: Poorly Stored Cargo in Storm
Lives Lost; At Least 80
Sources:
https://dn790002.ca.archive.org/0/items/precisofarchives13capeiala/precisofarchives13capeiala.pdf
https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/arnhem
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.13359518&seq=4
