Frans Naerebout

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Una volta si trovava al Bellamypark, ora la statua di Frans Naerebout -il padre fondatore del servizio di pilotaggio di Vlissingen- si erge lungo il Boulevard De Ruyter.

Naerebout (1748-1818) aveva, in qualità di pilota VOC, il compito di guidare le navi in entrata e in uscita dal Delta della Schelda. Fu lo stesso Frans Naerebout che nel luglio del 1779 riuscì a salvare più di 80 persone a bordo di un mercantile olandese, 'De Woestduyn', in procinto di affondare. Nel 1788, un'altra nave, la 'Zuiderburg', perse il timone mentre era in rotta verso la Cina con 400 uomini a bordo. Anche questa nave stava per affondare e vagò per sei giorni tra i blocchi di ghiaccio. Ancora una volta, Naerebout riuscì a raggiungere questa nave e la condusse in sicurezza verso Plymouth, in Inghilterra, con varie tecniche. Un vero eroe di Vlissingen, quindi...

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Address: Vlissingen

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