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Village Duivendrecht (467 words) |
 | Drecht in Dutch means a crossing in mostly a small peat river and a second meaning is a channel or a creek. |
| Duivendrecht made a payment in 1342 to the Count's Court of 10% value of the crops and 8 geese. |
| The address is Rijksstraatweg 186 Duivendrecht and it is still used as a farm. |
| Duivendrecht (5927 words) |
| Duivendrecht was my third ship I sailed on and this time it became a longer contract than with my first two ships. |
| It was built for the transport of all kinds of special and expensive oils and substances, such as lubricating oil (short lub oil), machine oil, stearin etc. Some of the cargo's had to be heated while in transport from terminal to terminal to prevent coagulation, such as could happen to a cargo of stearin. |
| I remember the boatswain on board the Duivendrecht who used to stick out his enormous chin close to the face of a rebellious sailor while holding his hands dramatically behind his back and inviting his opponent to hit him on the chin as hard as he could. |
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