Rembout Schook, on May 1, 1780 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1780
• Monday, 1 May
  Rembout Schook (uit Varik) joins as cook’s mate with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Morgenster bound for Ceylon
• Thursday, 31 August
  122 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Morgenster on the Cape
• Sunday, 1 October
  31 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Morgenster of the Cape
• Friday, 22 December
  82 days after departure from the Cape, 235 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Morgenster in Ceylon
• Return
• 1787
• Wednesday, 21 February
  2252 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Draak with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• Monday, 3 December
  285 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Draak on the Cape
• 1788
• Tuesday, 4 March
  92 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Draak from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 29 June
  117 days after departure from the Cape, 494 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Draak in the Netherlands
  2981 days after employment
  Resignation Rembout Schook (Draak), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

On 26-03-1787 the DRAAK lost its masts and part of the rigging. For that reason the ship called at Mauritius, 12-04-till 22-10-1787.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6689, folio 21

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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