Prins Willem
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The Prins Willem (Dutch pronunciation: [prɪns ˈʋɪləm]), also spelled Prins Willim, was a 17th-century East Indiaman of the Dutch East India Company. She was their largest ship at the time. The ship made her first voyage to the Dutch East Indies in 1651. After several voyages, she sank near Madagascar in 1662. A replica of the Prins Willem was built in 1985, but she was destroyed by fire in 2009.[1]
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The 1985 replica of the Prins Willem in 2005 | |
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Name | Prins Willem |
Owner | Dutch East India Company |
Launched | 1650 |
Fate | Sank, 1662 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 1200 tons[1] |
Length | 51 m (167 ft) (68 m (223 ft) overall)[1] |
Beam | 14.3 m (47 ft)[1] |
Draught | almost 4 m (13 ft)[1] |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 24 guns, later 40 guns[1] |
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