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Matthijs Switsen

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Personal Information

  • Names: Matthijs
  • Surname: Switsen
  • City of Origin: Bon
  • Remarks:

Employment Information

  • Date Employed: 1788-12-28
  • 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: 1792-00-00
  • Place Terminated: Standvastigheid
  • Reason Terminated:
  • Repatriated
  • Remarks:
  • Returned to the Netherlands and discharged.

Departure Information

  • Ship Name: Zuiderburg

Return Ship Information

  • Returning To: Rotterdam
  • Ship Name: STANDVASTIGHEID
  • Departure Date: 1791-12-21
  • Arrival at Cape: 1792-03-30
  • Depart Cape:
  • Arrive at Destination: 1792-08-16
  • Remarks:
  • /8328 was the second voyage of this ship, which during the preceding voyage (4498/8182) and the outward-bound part of this voyage was called TEXELSTROOM. On 26-04-1791 the ship, then still called TEXELSTROOM, started its second homeward-bound voyage. Bec
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