Eendracht (1615)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Eendracht |
| Owner | Dutch East India Company |
| Builder | Amsterdam Dockyard |
| Launched | 1615 |
| Maiden voyage | 23 January 1616 |
| Home port | Texel |
| Fate | Wrecked and lost, 1622 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | East Indiaman |
| Tons burthen | 700 tons bm |
| Complement | ~200 |
| Armament | 32 guns |
| Service record | |
| Commanders | Dirk Hartog |
Eendracht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːndrɑxt]; Concord) was an early 17th century Dutch wooden-hulled 700-ton-burthen East Indiaman, launched in 1615 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (commonly abbreviated as VOC). Its Dutch name means 'concord', 'unity' or 'union', and was a common name given to Dutch ships of the period, from the motto of the republic: Concordia res parvae crescunt (Eendracht maakt macht, lit. 'Unity makes strength'). The ship was captained by Dirk Hartog when he made the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, in 1616.