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Saturday 30 August 2014

Dutch transport Zr.Ms. Merwede arrived in the Netherlands returning from Guinea according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 23 October 1838

An item reported the arrival of the Dutch transport Zr.Ms. Merwede (1)lieutenant 1st class Stort on the18th in the roads of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Everything was was well on board. She participated in the expedition towards Guinea. (2)

Notes
1. On stocks at the shipyard of Jan Schouten, Dordrecht, Netherlands 1832, launched 28 July 1835, commissioned 1 March 1838, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 19-21 June 1839, 20-22 July 1840, 7-9 April and 13-15 December 1841, 13 July-8 August 1842, 23-29 January and 18-22 September 1845, 15-18 July 1846, for extensive repairs 27 July 1847-26 August 1848, 30 April 1 May 1850, 19 April 1852, 21 August 1854-1- August 1855, 4 August-? 1856, 28 November-9 December 1857, 4-8 January 1858, sale in the Dutch East Indies for an unknown period delayed in 1860, dimensions 33,70 x 9,1 x 3,80 metres, 8 guns.
2. Guinea or Dutch Gold Coast is nowadays Ghana.