Ravesteyn
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For other uses of Ravesteyn, see Ravesteyn (disambiguation).
Ravesteyn, also written as Ravensteyn, Ravenstein or Ravestein, was an 18th-century East Indiaman of the Dutch East India Company.
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Dutch Republic | |
Name | Ravesteyn |
Namesake | Buitenplaats "Ravestein" |
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Completed | 1719 |
Fate | Sank on 8 May 1726 |
General characteristics | |
Type | East Indiaman |
Length | 145 feet |
Capacity | loading capacity: 400 last (800 tons)[1] |
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Ravesteyn was a merchant ship and went to among others Batavia, the Dutch East Indies and to Guangzhou, China. During a voyage from the Dutch Republic to China, she went off course and wrecked in the night of 8-9 May 1726 at Ari Atoll, Maldives. The wreck was discovered in 1997 and after research her final voyage was reconstructed.[2]