The Katwijk aan den Rijn ran aground in Simon's Bay during a gale. The Company's authorities at the Cape then decided to have it broken up.

Fortunately, no lives were lost during the incident.

• Dutch-Asiatic Shipping.
  Details of voyage 4386.5 from Texel to The Cape.
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  Cape Town: South African Heritage Resources Agency.