Anna Catharina

==History and fate==

==History and fate==

After two voyages to [[Batavian Republic|Batavia]], in January 1736 she went for her third voyage to Batavia under command of Jacob de Prinse with 175 soldiers and passengers. The ship was heavily loaded.{{Cite web|url= https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/anna-catharina |work= cultureelerfgoed.nl |title=Anna Catharina (+1735)|language=nl}} She was accompanied by her bigger sister ship ''[['t Vliegend Hert]]'' commanded by captain Cornelis van der Horst. The ships [[transported]] a cargo of wood, building materials, iron, gunpowder and wine, as well as several chests with gold and silver coins.

After two voyages to [[Batavian Republic|Batavia]], in January 1736 she went for her third voyage to Batavia under command of Jacob de Prinse with 175 soldiers and passengers. The ship was heavily loaded.{{Cite web|url= https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/anna-catharina |work= cultureelerfgoed.nl |title=Anna Catharina (+1735)|language=nl}} She was accompanied by her bigger sister ship ''[['t Vliegend Hert]]'' commanded by captain Cornelis van der Horst. The ships transported a cargo of wood, building materials, iron, gunpowder and wine, as well as several chests with gold and silver coins.

Due to the bad weather the ships waited at {{ill|Fort Rammekens|nl}}. On 3 February 1735 at around noon the ships continued their journey, accompanied by the ''[[Mercurius]]'' with a [[maritime pilot]] onboard, to guide them through the [[North Sea]] and the [[English Channel|Channel]]. Due to the strong easterly wind, the water level was lower than expected. The wind caused that the ships reached the shallowest part too early. Around 6 pm both ships stranded in the [[Scheldt|Scheldt estuary]] on the sandbanks around Duerloo Channel. ''Anna Catharina'' sank with all hands within two hours.{{cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010710485:mpeg21:p002 |title= Middelburg den 5 February.|via=[[Delpher]]|date=10 February 1735|newspaper=[[Amsterdamse Courant]]|accessdate=10 December 2023|language=nl}} ''[['t Vliegend Hert]]'' wrecked several kilometers further away.{{cite web |last=van Dissel|first=A.M.C.|url= https://studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2606611/view |title= Responsabiliteit van het Redden {{!}} Over schip, goed en schipbreukeling in de vroegmoderne tijd |pages=39–42|date=31 August 2017|publisher=[[Leiden University]]|accessdate=10 December 2023|language=nl}}

Due to the bad weather the ships waited at {{ill|Fort Rammekens|nl}}. On 3 February 1735 at around noon the ships continued their journey, accompanied by the ''[[Mercurius]]'' with a [[maritime pilot]] onboard, to guide them through the [[North Sea]] and the [[English Channel|Channel]]. Due to the strong easterly wind, the water level was lower than expected. The wind caused that the ships reached the shallowest part too early. Around 6 pm both ships stranded in the [[Scheldt|Scheldt estuary]] on the sandbanks around Duerloo Channel. ''Anna Catharina'' sank with all hands within two hours.{{cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010710485:mpeg21:p002 |title= Middelburg den 5 February.|via=[[Delpher]]|date=10 February 1735|newspaper=[[Amsterdamse Courant]]|accessdate=10 December 2023|language=nl}} ''[['t Vliegend Hert]]'' wrecked several kilometers further away.{{cite web |last=van Dissel|first=A.M.C.|url= https://studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2606611/view |title= Responsabiliteit van het Redden {{!}} Over schip, goed en schipbreukeling in de vroegmoderne tijd |pages=39–42|date=31 August 2017|publisher=[[Leiden University]]|accessdate=10 December 2023|language=nl}}