Jochem Sipkes, on July 19, 1778 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1778
• Sunday, 19 July
  Jochem Sipkes (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship’s boy with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Honkoop bound for Batavia
• 1779
• Sunday, 3 January
  168 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Honkoop on the Cape
• Monday, 25 January
  22 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Honkoop of the Cape
• Saturday, 1 May
  96 days after departure from the Cape, 286 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Honkoop in Batavia
• Return
• Friday, 17 December
  230 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
  737 days after employment
  Resignation Jochem Sipkes (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 6668, folio 204

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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