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  • Names: Remmert
  • Surname: Ruus
  • City of Origin: Stieren in waiden
  • Remarks:

Employment Information

  • Date Employed: 1789-02-28
  • 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: 1790-00-00
  • Place Terminated: Rozenburg
  • Reason Terminated:
  • Repatriated
  • Remarks:
  • Returned to the Netherlands and discharged.

Departure Information

  • Ship Name: Vrouwe Maria Kornelia

Return Ship Information

  • Returning To: Delft
  • Ship Name: ROZENBURG
  • Departure Date: 1789-10-26
  • Arrival at Cape: 1790-01-08
  • Depart Cape: 1790-02-26
  • Arrive at Destination: 1790-06-23
  • Remarks:
  • The 101 seaferers included 26 Chinese. Among the 12 passengers were 5 female slaves, and 2 survivors of the English man-of-war BOUNTY (see the VLIJT, 8258); both died very soon after having embarked on the ROZENBURG. On 29-12-1789, during a haevy storm,
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