Hendrik Blom, on May 22, 1741 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1741
• Monday, May 22
  Hendrik Blom (uit Carelsham) joins as ship gunner with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Huis te Rensburg bound for Ceylon
• Saturday, November 4
  166 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Rensburg on the Cape
• Sunday, December 3
  29 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis te Rensburg of the Cape
• 1742
• Wednesday, April 18
  136 days after departure from the Cape, 331 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Rensburg in Ceylon
• Return
• 1745
• Friday, March 12
  1059 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Oplettendheid with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• Tuesday, June 15
  95 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Oplettendheid on the Cape
• Saturday, July 24
  39 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Oplettendheid from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, October 21
  89 days after departure from the Cape, 223 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Oplettendheid in the Netherlands
  1613 days after employment
  Resignation Hendrik Blom (Oplettendheid), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The OPLETTENDHEID did not call at the Cape but at False Bay. Originally the OPLETTENDHEID was a French ship, called JASON; it was captured by the English (05-02-1745), brought to Batavia (13-02), and sold to the Dutch (16-02).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12986, folio 48

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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