Menu

Willem Rijke

GenDatabase.com VOC Staff Record



Personal Information

  • Names: Willem
  • Surname: Rijke
  • City of Origin: Nimwegen
  • Remarks:
  • Kaap de goede hoop

Employment Information

  • Date Employed: 1734-01-23
  • Occupation: Sailor
  • Description:
  • (Dutch: matroos) watch and helmansman duties; loading and unloading; cleaning, taring and caulking the ship; hoisting and pulling in the sails; assisting the NCOs.
  • Date Terminated: 1737-00-00
  • Place Terminated: Iepenrode
  • Reason Terminated:
  • Shipwrecked
  • Remarks:
  • This is only noted when the ship has sunk and the seafarer has drowned. It applies only to ships that were part of Dutch Asiatic Shipping. If the seafarer had been rescued while the ship was lost a different end of tenure is recorded. Example 1: The ship

Departure Information

  • Ship Name: Slot Kronenburg

Return Ship Information

  • Returning To: Amsterdam
  • Ship Name: IEPENRODE
  • Departure Date: 1737-01-01
  • Arrival at Cape: 1737-05-20
  • Depart Cape:
  • Arrive at Destination:
  • Remarks:
  • Wrecked at the Cape on 21-05-1737. The total loss of those on board the ships, wrecked on 21-05-1737, was 208; the loss of cargo amounted up to/ 1,921,532 (see also: 6992, 6993, 6998-7000, 7002, and 7003.)
  • Voyage Information:
  • Click Here to View Voyage Information

Family Information

  • Family Links:
  • No Record Found

View Record

If available, access this record online from the National Archives in Netherlands.