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Gerrit Colff

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Personal Information

  • Names: Gerrit
  • Surname: Colff
  • City of Origin: Buijksloot
  • Remarks:
  • door de Engelsen

Employment Information

  • Date Employed: 1793-01-15
  • Occupation: Sea lieutenant
  • Description:
  • (Dutch: luitenant (zeeman)) Around 1750 this meant skipper; after 1783 this meant first mate
  • Date Terminated: 1794-00-00
  • Place Terminated: Blitterswijk
  • Reason Terminated:
  • Removed
  • Remarks:
  • Removed from board by a foreign authority. This often happened in English ports because of suspicions that they were English; who were prohibited from signing on foreign ships.

Departure Information

  • Ship Name: Christoffel Columbus

Return Ship Information

  • Returning To: Zeeland
  • Ship Name: BLITTERSWIJK
  • Departure Date: 1794-02-27
  • Arrival at Cape:
  • Depart Cape:
  • Arrive at Destination: 1794-10-22
  • Remarks:
  • Dates of call at the Cape unknown. In 1795 the BLITTERS-WUK was confiscated by the English at Plymouth.
  • Voyage Information:
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Family Information

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