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Wednesday 27 January 2016

Dutch 6th charter Jason 1770-1796

Of the admiralty Maze, built by P. van Zwijndrecht at navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1770, handed over by mutineers to British forces at Grenot in 1796, dimensions 145 x 37 x 15½ feet, an armament of 36 guns (26-12pd guns, 10-6pd guns) and a crew numbering 230 men. Commanding officers 1772-1774 captain J. van Gennep, voyage to Mediterranean, 1776-1781 captain J. van Gennep, 1776-1778 voyage to Moroccan coast, 1781-1782 captain M. Sonmans off Goeree, Rammekens and Vlissingen, 1782-1783 captain S. Sory, 1796 captain-lieutenant Van Donckum.