Thirteen ships of the Dutch East India Company (, commonly abbreviated to VOC) and its pre-companies have been named Amsterdam. Amsterdam (1594) was a 130-last () galleon that was one of the four ships in the First Dutch Expedition to Nusantara (, and with which both Cornelis and his brother Frederik de Houtman sailed). Amsterdam (1594) was set adrift and burnt on 11 January 1597. One of the other ships was the that (or a newer ship with the same name) in 1606 during a voyage of discovery would become the first European ship to encounter the Australian mainland. Amsterdam (1598) was a 250-last () ship that was one of the eight ships in the Second Dutch Expedition to Nusantara (), the first expedition led by Jacob Corneliszoon van Neck. Sailing on Hollandia (1594), one of the other ships in this expedition, was Willem Janszoon who would later captain the . Amsterdam (1600) was a 450-last () ship that was one of the six ships in the second expedition led by Jacob Corneliszoon van Neck. Amsterdam (1603) was a 350-last () ship that was one of the twelve ships in the VOC's first fleet that departed for the East Indies on 18 December 1603 under the command of Steven van der Hagen. One of the others was with Willem Janszoon as captain on their second journey to the East Indies. Between 28 June 1608 and 23 August 1608, was part of a fleet that fought the Portuguese at the Island of Mozambique in the Dutch–Portuguese War. was in service with the VOC until after 1606, possibly until after 1616. Amsterdam (1605) was a 350-last () ship that was captured at Manila on 25 April 1610 by the Spanish. Amsterdam (1618) sighted Western Australia together with Dordrecht (1618) near today's Perth on 19 July 1619 under the command of Frederik de Houtman and Jacob Dedel at a latitude reported as 32°20’SCoventry Reef is situated at near Warnbro Sound. On their northward journey to Bantam, Rottnest Island and Houtman Abrolhos were observed. Amsterdam (1623) was a 400-last () ship also known as that sailed in a fleet of ten ships to Batavia on 29 April 1623, returning in a fleet of four ships on 21 September 1626. Amsterdam (1632), from which the Western Australian coast around the latitude of Shark Bay was charted in 1635. Amsterdam (1691) was a sloop that perished