An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 10th reported that in the evening of the 8th the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Hippomenes (1) captain lieutenant J.W. Moll arrived in the roads towed by the Dutch steamship Zr.Ms. Phoenix (2) captain lieutenant J. le Jeune. In the morning of the 9th departed the Phoenix towards open sea.
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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).
2. Paddle steamship, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 1834 by P. Glavimans, launched 1836, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 28-29 August 1838, departed 3 October 1838 to the Dutch East Indies as a sail ship with her Morgan paddle wheels removed, arrived at Batavia on 5 February 1839 and at Surabaya were her paddle wheels again assembled, lenghtened 1845-1847, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis 28 March-8 June 1854, stricken and broken up in the Dutch East Indies in 1863, dimensions 39,00m x 8,40m x ?, draught 4,00m, 7 guns, 120 ph horsepower delivered by engines manufactured by Paul van Vlissingen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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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).
2. Paddle steamship, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 1834 by P. Glavimans, launched 1836, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 28-29 August 1838, departed 3 October 1838 to the Dutch East Indies as a sail ship with her Morgan paddle wheels removed, arrived at Batavia on 5 February 1839 and at Surabaya were her paddle wheels again assembled, lenghtened 1845-1847, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis 28 March-8 June 1854, stricken and broken up in the Dutch East Indies in 1863, dimensions 39,00m x 8,40m x ?, draught 4,00m, 7 guns, 120 ph horsepower delivered by engines manufactured by Paul van Vlissingen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
