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Sunday 13 April 2014

Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Pelikaan departed towards Texel, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 19 May 1831

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 17th reported the departure on the 16th of the Dutch brig of war Zr.Ms. Pelikaan commanded by F.A, Sohngen towards Texel, Netherlands.(1)

Note
1. Department Amsterdam, on stocks in August 1819 at naval yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands August 1819, launched 15 June 1821, 1844 condemned and sold in 1845 at Paramaribo, Surinam, 8 guns. On 15 January 1819 no. 23 ordered to be built as the Pellikaan. Dimensions 80 x 25 x 12 feet. With a crew of 50 men and an armament of 8 guns. In 1821 ordered to be armed with iron 6-12pd carronades and 2 iron 6pd carronades.