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Wednesday 27 August 2014

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Hippomenes departed the Netherlands towards the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 16 November 1837

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 15th reported the departure the same day by the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Hippomenes captain lieutenant J.W. Moll towards the Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1.‘Kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands by P. Schuijt jr. 1826, launched Thursday 22 April 1830, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 15-16 September 1837, accommodation at Amsterdam 1841, floating barracks ship for the 1st company of marines at Amsterdam 1844, condemned and sold on a public auction at he navy yard at Amsterdam to be broken up on 31 May 1854, dimensions 36,50 (between perpendiculars) x 10,0 (inner hull) x 4,25 (fore)-4,82 (aft) x 5,39 (depth below main deck) metres, 775 tons displacement and an armament of 28 guns (20-12pd guns/20-30pd carronades, 8-12pd carronades and 6-6pd guns).