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Tuesday 17 March 2020

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Castor arrived at Surinam coming from the Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 12 May 1842


An item dated Middelburg, Netherlands the 11th reported the arrival of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Castor captain lieutenant F.A. Söhngen at Surinam coming from Texel, Netherlands.(1)

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1. ‘Kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1830 by P. Schuijt jr., launched 1835, training battery 1849, stricken as an training battery at Willemsoord, Netherlands 1866, public tenders on 30 May 11.00 o’clock at Willemsoord asked for breaking her up, dimensions 36,50 (between perpendiculars) x 10,0 (inner hull) x 4,25 (fore)-4,82 (aft) x 5,39 (depth below main deck), 775 tons displacement and an armament of 28 guns (20-12pd guns or 20-30pd carronades, 8-12pd carronades and 2-6pd guns.