The slave ship Rode Leeuw departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Martinique.

Vessel: Rode Leeuw; flag: Netherlands; rig: Fluit; estimated standardized tonnage: 304. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Bessels, Jacomo; Investor: Bessels, Gerard; Investor: Coymans, Isaac; Investor: Meeckeren, Willem van; Investor: Voort, Paulus van der; Investor: Coninck, Anthonij de; Captain: Centen, Jan; Investor: Centen, Jan; Investor: Ouwman, Cornelis; Investor: Ouwman, Hendrik. The voyage began at Texel on 23 August 1653. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: River del Rey (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.