Cape Council of Policy
726
1683-04-10
Minute details
- Entry number
- 726
- Date
- 1683-04-10
- Year
- 1683
English translation
On the complaint of the skipper of the return ship Croonenburgh, Leendert Lauwrense, that the ship, while approaching the land of Africa, had encountered a very heavy storm on the reef of Cape Auguilhas, which had continued twelve times in succession, as a result of which the ship had generally become so damaged in the bow that it had taken in a great deal of water, not without great concern that the packs of clothes loaded there had all suffered considerable damage. During a provisional inspection of the ship here on the water, it was found that the woodwork around the stem was completely rotten and decayed, and from what seems to us very likely, the ship could have been on the same level his bare hide has sailed, declaring to the skipper that he cannot go to sea with that bottom, so constituted, without first having been remedied from its damage, that one will not be able to do without unloading from that bottom some of the goods that are stowed in the bow, in order to get the ship above water; which having been deliberated upon, it is unanimously understood to release the forecastle from the bottom to the extent that one can conveniently reach the leak, when some of the sea and carpenters who were the first to be experimented with will be commissioned to further inspect the bottom and report their findings to this meeting, when it will be more convenient to resolve on the repair of it; the released cargo and crew will be provisionally shipped across to the river Baren; in order to make progress all the more expeditiously, the skipper Pieter van den Bergh has been recommended to take charge of unloading and loading, gr. Commissioners appointed for the extradition and receipt of the goods.
Concerning the arrival of the return ships from Ceylon, there is an error in the secret signal for the return ships expected from India this year, which their Nobles have commissioned in Batavia, instead of a completely white flag, as was ordered from here by the hand of the Hr. Commander to India. and also on the Leeuwencop a completely red flag would be displayed, signaling92 the signal given for the return fleet of the year 1681, by which mistake, if the ships from Batavia, which are expected daily, as well as their sea letters containing93 a completely red flag, would be made very apparent in this emergency to enter Table Bay, but in such case resolve to leave it to St. Helena or elsewhere, which would cause great inconvenience for the service of the Company. So on the proposition of the Hr. The commander, with advice from the present skippers, agreed and agreed to send one of our ceremonial chaloupes with the chief captain of the ferry boat Bhaeren to Robben Island to look after the returning ships, and upon meeting them, to announce the continued good health here, provided that they may enter Table Bay without any hesitation.
Thus resolved at the Castle of Good Hope, date 1910.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] PIETER VAN DEN BERG.
[Signed:] EVERT VAN BRUGGE.
[Signed:] LEENDERT LOURENZ.
[Signed:] THEUNIS JANSEN DE HOOP.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN, Rt. and Sects.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Concerning the arrival of the return ships from Ceylon, there is an error in the secret signal for the return ships expected from India this year, which their Nobles have commissioned in Batavia, instead of a completely white flag, as was ordered from here by the hand of the Hr. Commander to India. and also on the Leeuwencop a completely red flag would be displayed, signaling92 the signal given for the return fleet of the year 1681, by which mistake, if the ships from Batavia, which are expected daily, as well as their sea letters containing93 a completely red flag, would be made very apparent in this emergency to enter Table Bay, but in such case resolve to leave it to St. Helena or elsewhere, which would cause great inconvenience for the service of the Company. So on the proposition of the Hr. The commander, with advice from the present skippers, agreed and agreed to send one of our ceremonial chaloupes with the chief captain of the ferry boat Bhaeren to Robben Island to look after the returning ships, and upon meeting them, to announce the continued good health here, provided that they may enter Table Bay without any hesitation.
Thus resolved at the Castle of Good Hope, date 1910.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] PIETER VAN DEN BERG.
[Signed:] EVERT VAN BRUGGE.
[Signed:] LEENDERT LOURENZ.
[Signed:] THEUNIS JANSEN DE HOOP.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN, Rt. and Sects.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Original Dutch transcription
Op de aenklaghte van den schipper van ‘t retourschip Croonenburgh , Leendert Lauwrense, dat dien bodem in ‘t aendoen van ‘t landt van Africa op ‘t riff van Caap Auguilhas van een seer swaaren storm was beloopen, die twaelff ettmaelen nae den anderen hadde gecontinueert, waer door dien bodem doorgaens soodanigh voor in de boegh was ontset en leck geworden, dat daer door veel water hadde ingekregen, niet sonder groote beduchtinge off de daer ingeladen packen met kleden hebben daer door all vrij wat schade geleden, sijnde bij een provisioneele visitatie van dien bodem alhier ter rheede bevonden, het houtwercq ontrent de steven t’ eenemael verrott en vergaen, en naer het ons toe scheijnt seer apparent soude connen wesen, dien bodem eenelijck op sijn bloote huijt heeft gevaren, verklaerende den schipper met dien bodem, sodanigh geconstitueert, niet te connen in zee gaen sonder alvoorens van sijn leccagie verholpen te wesen, daer men niet bij sall connen comen sonder dien bodem een gedeelte van de goederen, die voor in de boegh gestuwt sijn, te ontlossen, om het schip daer door boven water te crijgen; waer op dan gedel[i]bereert sijnde, is eenparigh verstaen ‘t voorschip van dien bodem te ontlossen tot soo verre dat men bequamelijck bij die lecquen sall connen comen, wanneer eenige der g’exper[i]-menteerste wesende zee en timmerluijden sullen werden gecommitteert om dien bodem nader te visiteeren en van haer bevindinghe aen dese vergaderinge rapport te doen, wanneer men bequamer sall wesen op de reparatie van dien nader te resolveeren; sullende de ontloste packen en coopmanschappen in ‘t fluijtie Baaren provisioneelijck werden overgescheept; om ‘t welcke met te meerder spoet voortganck te doen neemen den schipper Pieter van den Bergh de besorginge van ‘t lossen en laden is aenbevoolen, mitsgrs. tot de uijtleveringe en ontfangh der goederen wedersijts gecommitteerdens gestelt.
Aengesien met de komst van de retourschepen van Ceijlon bevinden in ‘t secreet seijn voor de retourscheepen, die deesen jaere uijt India staen te verwachten, een abuijs door haer Edels. op Batavia is gecommitteert, in plaets van een geheele witte vlagge, gelijck als van hier door de handt van de Hr.Commandeur nae India is ges. en oock op de Leeuwencop wert vertoont, een geheele roode vlagge van de Leeuwencop soude waijen, seijnde92 ‘t seijn gegeven voor de retourvlooth van den jaere 1681, door welcke missla[g], soo de scheepen van Batavia die dagelijcx worden verwaght, insgelijcx haer zeijnbrieven in houde93 van een geheele roode vlagh, seer apparent bij deselve swarigheijt souden werden gemaeckt de Tafelbaij binnen te loopen, maer in sulcken gevall resolveeren het nae St. Helena off elders te laten deurstaen, ‘t welck voor den dienst van de Comp. groote ongelegentheijt soude geven, Soo is op de propositie van de Hr. Commandeur met advis van de aenwesende schippers om daer omtrent te voorsien, goet gevonden en verstaen een onser ceijl chaloupen met den opperstierman van ‘t fluijtie Bhaeren nae ‘t Robbeneijlandt aff te senden om al daer op de retour schepen te passen, en bij ontmoetinge derselver te adverteeren den continueerenden goeden welstand alhier, mitsgrs. dat sonder eenigh schroom de Tafelbaaij sullen moogen binnen loopen.
Aldus geresolveert in ‘t Casteel de Goede Hoop, datum ut ant[ea.]
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] PIETER VAN DEN BERG.
[Signed:] EVERT VAN BRUGGE.
[Signed:] LEENDERT LOURENZ.
[Signed:] THEUNIS JANSEN DE HOOP.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN, Rt. en Sects.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Aengesien met de komst van de retourschepen van Ceijlon bevinden in ‘t secreet seijn voor de retourscheepen, die deesen jaere uijt India staen te verwachten, een abuijs door haer Edels. op Batavia is gecommitteert, in plaets van een geheele witte vlagge, gelijck als van hier door de handt van de Hr.Commandeur nae India is ges. en oock op de Leeuwencop wert vertoont, een geheele roode vlagge van de Leeuwencop soude waijen, seijnde92 ‘t seijn gegeven voor de retourvlooth van den jaere 1681, door welcke missla[g], soo de scheepen van Batavia die dagelijcx worden verwaght, insgelijcx haer zeijnbrieven in houde93 van een geheele roode vlagh, seer apparent bij deselve swarigheijt souden werden gemaeckt de Tafelbaij binnen te loopen, maer in sulcken gevall resolveeren het nae St. Helena off elders te laten deurstaen, ‘t welck voor den dienst van de Comp. groote ongelegentheijt soude geven, Soo is op de propositie van de Hr. Commandeur met advis van de aenwesende schippers om daer omtrent te voorsien, goet gevonden en verstaen een onser ceijl chaloupen met den opperstierman van ‘t fluijtie Bhaeren nae ‘t Robbeneijlandt aff te senden om al daer op de retour schepen te passen, en bij ontmoetinge derselver te adverteeren den continueerenden goeden welstand alhier, mitsgrs. dat sonder eenigh schroom de Tafelbaaij sullen moogen binnen loopen.
Aldus geresolveert in ‘t Casteel de Goede Hoop, datum ut ant[ea.]
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] PIETER VAN DEN BERG.
[Signed:] EVERT VAN BRUGGE.
[Signed:] LEENDERT LOURENZ.
[Signed:] THEUNIS JANSEN DE HOOP.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN, Rt. en Sects.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.