Bredenhof
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Bredenhof was a Dutch East Indiaman transport ship that foundered on a reef 120 miles (190 km) south of Mozambique and only 13 miles (21 km) off the African coast, near the Cape of Good Hope, on 6 June 1753. The loss of the Bredenhof on her third voyage to the East Indies was meticulously recorded in the Dutch archives.
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History | |
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Dutch Republic | |
Owner | Dutch East India Company |
Operator | East Indiaman |
Port of registry | Netherlands |
Ordered | Kamer van Hoorn |
Completed | 1746 |
In service | 1746 |
Out of service | 1753 |
Fate | Ran aground |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 850 long tons[1] |
Length | 136 ft (41 m)[1] |
Propulsion | Sailing |
Crew | 221–250[2] |
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