Gerrit Scheeler, on December 23, 1783 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1783
• Tuesday, 23 December
  Gerrit Scheeler (uit Amsterdam) joins as third helmsman (derdewaak) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Meermin bound for Kaap
• 1784
• Saturday, 3 April
  102 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Meermin in Kaap
• Return
• 1785
• Sunday, 23 January
  295 days after arrival in Kaap
  Departure of the ship Stralen with chamber Amsterdam from Kaap
• Sunday, 17 April
  84 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Stralen on the Cape
• Monday, 16 May
  29 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Stralen from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 23 September
  130 days after departure from the Cape, 243 days after departure from Kaap
  Arrival of the ship Stralen in the Netherlands
  640 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Scheeler (Stralen), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

On 13-04-1785 the STRALEN arrived at False Bay; four days later the ship sailed to the Cape.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6718, folio 9

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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