Harmen Wessel, on January 5, 1748 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1748
• Friday, 5 January
  Harmen Wessel (uit Koninxbergen) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Sloterdijk bound for Batavia
• Friday, 12 April
  98 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Sloterdijk on the Cape
• Sunday, 19 May
  37 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Sloterdijk of the Cape
• Saturday, 12 October
  146 days after departure from the Cape, 281 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Sloterdijk in Batavia
• Return
• 1749
• Wednesday, 5 February
  116 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Amstelveen with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Thursday, 1 May
  85 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Amstelveen on the Cape
• Sunday, 18 May
  17 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Amstelveen from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 18 September
  123 days after departure from the Cape, 225 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Amstelveen in the Netherlands
  622 days after employment
  Resignation Harmen Wessel (Amstelveen), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Boudewijn Molen was commandeur of the return fleet. The 6 passengers included 5 condemned persons.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6219, folio 49

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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