Talk:Dutch ship Eendracht (1655)

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Eendracht is a popular name for Dutch ships; other notable ships of this name include:

• A ship of the Dutch East India Company that explored the Pacific in 1615–1616 [1]
• The second Dutch ship to reach Australia, in 1615 [2].

So we need a disambiguation page. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships) suggests disambiguation by launch date, but I don't know the launch dates for any of these ships! Any clues or other ideas? Gdr 15:04, 2005 May 11 (UTC)

Yes, it's a very popular name - as is fitting for a confederation ;o). I wouldn't know about the VOC-ships, but sailing warships, as you probably know, include:

• A frigate built for the admiralty of the Maas, launched 1624, 22 cannon.
• A ship built for the admiralty of the Northern Quarter, launched 1639, 48 cannon, burnt 1676.
• A galley ship bought for Rotterdam in 1647.
• A frigate built for the admiralty of Zealand, launched 1652, burnt 1653.
• Ditto, launched 1665, captured the same year.
• A ship built for the admiralty of the Maas, launched 1666, 76 cannon, wrecked in 1690, often serving as squadron flagship, carried home the body of De Ruyter in 1676.
• A frigate built for the admiralty of Amsterdam, launched 1675, 36 cannon, burnt the next year.
• A replacement of the former, launched 1676, 26 cannon, lost 1696.
• A first charter built for the admiralty of the Maas, launched 1703, 100 cannon, lost 1712, one of the largest ships of the line of the Dutch navy ever.
• A ship built for Amsterdam, launched 1747, 64 cannon, lost 1779.
• A frigate built for the admiralty of Frisia, launched 1770, 24 cannon, wrecked 1782.

Afterwards the name has become impopular, only used for smaller ships, together with the concept itself: people no longer desired concord between autonomous provinces but a truly unitary state! Conversely your alternative translation of "Unity", often given in English books but imprecise, though meaning almost the same in modern western culture, would be anathema to a 17th century Dutchman who was fiercely proud of his provincial independence. No "Eenheid" for him!

I fear it might well be difficult to find the launch dates of the Company ships. Records of the 16th century are patchy, and often Habsburg prizes were used as these tended to be bigger ships, better suited for the long journey to the Indies. But then we could include navy ships only.

--MWAK 17:42, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

I just searched for data on the Dutch VOCsite. It seems there have been 10 VOC-ships in use with that name:

• 1598: yacht, formerly called De Haai, wrecked 1610.
• launched 1615: the second ship you refer to, wrecked 1622.
• launched 1623.
• bought 1640.
• launched 1663.
• launched 1733.
• launched 1742, renamed Elswoud in 1754.
• the former Elswoud launched 1748, renamed Eendragt in 1754.
• launched 1771.
• launched 1791.

The first ship you refer to wasn't originally a VOC-ship but belonged to the Compagnie Australis of Jacob Le Maire. It was confiscated by the VOC and renamed Zuider Eendragt.

--MWAK 18:33, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

I just wanted to move this article to Eendracht (ship) because that is, I believe, the standard format for titles like this. Luckily, I read this first, so I've moved it to Eendracht (1918 ship). Now I hope it won't turn out that two ships by this name have been built in 1918 :) . DirkvdM 08:22, 23 August 2005 (UTC) Hold on I must have been asleep; I've made two big mistakes: 1) this is a different ship 2) the other ship is from 1989 (I had just written the Oosterschelde (ship) stub and accidentally used that ship's date). I think I've fixed it now. DirkvdM 09:03, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

A very different ship indeed. :o) --MWAK 17:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)