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Sunday 21 June 2020

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas anchored in Dokhaven, Vlissingen, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 27 July 1839


Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original


 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 26th reported that the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas commanded by Baars entered the Rijks dok (Dokhaven).(1)

Note
1. ‘Kuil’corvette later called a corvette 1st class, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands 1828 by C. Soetermeer, launched on 22 March 1833, sold in the Dutch East Indies in 1857, displacement 776 tons, dimensions 36,5 (between perpendiculars) x 10,0 (inner hull) x 4,25 (fore)-4,82 (aft) x 5,39 (depth below maindeck) metres and an armament of 28 guns:20-12pd guns of 20-30pd carronades, 8-12pd carronades and 2-6pd guns.