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Jan Dirksz

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Personal Information

  • Names: Jan
  • Surname: Dirksz
  • City of Origin: Middelburgh
  • Remarks:
  • Nederland

Employment Information

  • Date Employed: 1736-06-07
  • Occupation: Quartermaster
  • Description:
  • (Dutch: kwartiermeester) has direct control over the crew and the distribution of warm meals and maintaining order during meal time.
  • Date Terminated: 1738-00-00
  • Place Terminated: reigersbroek
  • 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: Reigersbroek

Return Ship Information

  • Returning To: Zeeland
  • Ship Name: REIGERSBROEK
  • Departure Date: 1737-12-17
  • Arrival at Cape: 1738-03-06
  • Depart Cape: 1738-03-26
  • Arrive at Destination:
  • Remarks:
  • The 91 men aboard the RE1GERSBROEK included 71 seafarers. The ship was wrecked off Zeeland and smashed against the Westkapelsedijk.
  • Voyage Information:
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Family Information

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