Dirk Roem, on August 21, 1778 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1778
• Friday, 21 August
  Dirk Roem (uit Buijksloot) joins as first mate with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Blok bound for Batavia
• Monday, 30 November
  101 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Blok on the Cape
• Monday, 21 December
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Blok of the Cape
• 1779
• Wednesday, 17 February
  58 days after departure from the Cape, 180 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Blok in Batavia
• Return
• Friday, 17 December
  303 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Blok with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1780
• Monday, 20 March
  94 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Blok on the Cape
• 1170
• Wednesday, 1 April
  222780 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Blok from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• 1780
• Tuesday, 25 July
  222907 days after departure from the Cape, 221 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Blok in the Netherlands
  704 days after employment
  Resignation Dirk Roem (Blok), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

After the return in patria the BLOK was sold to Prussia. Its name was altered into BRESLAU, and subsequently the ship was hired by the VOC (see 4408/8101).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6666, folio 3

VOC - voyagers, this index was developed through a joint initiative of the archives of Delft and Rotterdam, Zeeuws archief, Westfries Archief (Hoorn and Enkhuizen) and the departments of history from the Universities of Leiden and Ghent.

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