The Leeuwin was a 400-ton jacht of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, commonly abbreviated to VOC) that travelled to the East Indies twice starting 3 April 1653.

The fleet consisted of Phoenix, Oranje, Salamander, Leeuwin, Koning David and Avondster.

[2] Ongoing conflicts during the Dutch-Portuguese War in 1656 saw Leeuwin called into a blockade of the strategic port of Bantam at the western end of Java during July.

In July 1658 she was used to ferry 500 people, including women and children, from Galle in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) to Batavia.

[citation needed] During 1659 Leeuwin was involved in the trade of areca nuts from Galle to the Coromandel Coast and Malacca.