near Bombay on 22 November 1702 en route to Basra. Amsterdam (1716) was a 400-last () ship that sailed to the East Indies five times, returning the last time on 13 July 1731. Amsterdam (1740) was a 425-last () ship that perished with all hands lost at the Shetland Islands in 1742 returning from Batavia. Amsterdam (1748) was a Dutch East Indiaman () that was wrecked in a storm on the English Channel on 26 January 1749 on its third attempt of its maiden voyage from Texel to Batavia. Its wreckage can be seen off Bulverhythe beach, Hastings, at very low tides. Amsterdam (1772) was a 575-last () ship that sailed to the East Indies three times. On 17 May 1781 while at the Cape returning the third time, was sent to Mauritius to aid the French allied in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. The ship was laid up at the Cape early in 1784. References Dutch East India Company Ship names