The barque Japara (home port Rotterdam) was ready to sail on October 13, 1855, with a new captain, Coenraad S. Kleij, on board. The ship departed for Asia. A cargo of rice was loaded in Burma. Captain Kleij died there of illness on March 2, 1856. He was buried in the port city of Moulmain
(now Mawlamvine), Burma.* Navigating officer Petrus Andries Gijsbers became acting captain.

On October 2, 1856, the Japara—en route to Europe—was near Cape Agulhas at the southernmost tip of Africa. The ship sank near Quoint Point.

Eleven crew members did not survive the disaster.

The bodies were buried on the shore near the wreck site.

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