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Sunday 13 April 2014

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Hippomenes departed Vlissingen, Netherlands towards Surinam according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 29 November 1831

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 27th reported the departure towards Surinam of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Hippomenes commanded by H.W. de Quartel.(1)

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1. A so-called ‘kuilkorvet‘, on stocks at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1826, launched 1830, condemned in 1841 and becoming accommodation ship, in 1844 converted into barracks at Amsterdam, broken up 1854, dimensions 36,50m x 10,3m x ?, 776 tons displacement, 28 guns. Docked in the keel dock of the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 15-16 September 1837 where some minor damages to the copper were repaired.