Willem van der Linden, on May 1, 1788 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1788
• Thursday, 1 May
  Willem van der Linden (uit Leijden) joins as ship’s boy with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Slot ter Hoge bound for Batavia
• Monday, 11 August
  102 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Slot ter Hoge on the Cape
• Saturday, 13 September
  33 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Slot ter Hoge of the Cape
• Friday, 5 December
  83 days after departure from the Cape, 218 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Slot ter Hoge in Batavia
• Return
• 1790
• Thursday, 18 November
  713 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Sint laurens with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1791
• Saturday, 2 April
  135 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sint laurens on the Cape
• Sunday, 17 July
  106 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Sint laurens from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 15 November
  121 days after departure from the Cape, 362 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sint laurens in the Netherlands
  1293 days after employment
  Resignation Willem van der Linden (Sint Laurens), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Originally the ST. LAURENS departed from the Cape on 02-05-1791. Because of leakage and heavy damage to masts and rigging, however, the ship had to return.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13271, folio 194

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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