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Most of these ships did however make some voyages in Asia; some even made a return voyage carrying cargo back to the Netherlands. Included in this rate are large vessels captured by the VOC from other Europeans. Some large Iberian caraques were sailed to the Netherlands with a part of their rich cargo and a num- ber of captured English ships also saw service with the VOC for a short time as men-of-war or cargo ships in the Indies. However those other vessels captured from the English and called ‘yachts’ in VOC service, (like the Avondster (ID:)) are placed in the appropriate rates. Special cases in Rate are the French ship Saint Michel (ID:), confiscated by the VOC in Asia, and the Spanish Galleon (named Spaans Galjoen (ID:)), which was conquered in Europe by the Dutch, sold to the VOC and then sent to Asia. A few of the jonk-named vessels are placed in this rate if there is evidence that they had a large cargo carrying capacity. They were bought and used by the VOC in the beginning of their trade with Siam and Japan, sometimes also calling at Java (Colenbrander & Coolhaas , p. ; Terpstra , p.). Fig .: View of Tidore, with the ships Amsterdam and Gouda on the anchorage. Badische Landes- bibliothek, Karlsruhe INV nr b. The Amsterdam (ID), a vessel of rate , and the Gouda (ID) , a vessel of rate during the attack on Tidore in . The Portuguese settlement is defended by two Portuguese ships together with the Dutch yacht Trouw (ID), which was captured by the Portuguese earlier. The ships are clearly heavily armed as all vessels were, which were out-going during the early period. Yachts \[Rate , , and \] As early as the second Dutch voyage to Asia in -, vessels were used which were re- ferred to as ‘yachts’. From that time on, yachts were part of nearly all the Dutch fleets sailing to or in Asia. In number and in cargo-carrying capacity they made up the largest part of the Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters
