The King David was a yacht in the service of the Dutch West India Company (WIC).

In 1682/1683, the King Davidmade its first transatlantic voyage. Six hundred enslaved people were taken on board in Africa; of these, 417 arrived alive in Curaçao (slave voyages ID 10081).

Captured and brought in
Around 1700, the King David was seized by Spanish privateers and taken to Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). At that time, Cartagena was the most important city and port in the Spanish territory of South America. The Spanish authorities would verify the legitimacy of the capture (for instance, because the Dutch Republic and Spain were at war, or because the ship had been caught smuggling in Spanish waters). Almost invariably, the ship and its cargo were officially declared forfeit (buen viaje). This is what happened to the King David. Captain Jan Draighs (?) sent a letter to the Netherlands in 1701.*

NWIC-inv78_8

The WIC records state:
"Ship *De Coninck David* taken by the Spanish; loss 92,128" (WIC account)

• slavevoyages.org
  voyage ID 10081
• NWIC
  NA 1.05.01.02 inv. 78 0008