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Sunday 12 January 2020

Etat major of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Castor bound for he Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 22 December 1841

An item reported that on the 21st on board of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Castor captain lieutenant Shongen lying at the Nieuwediep, Netherlands and bound for the Dutch East Indies were placed lieutenant 1st class G.H. Buschmen, lieutenant 2nd class J.J. Wichers and midshipmen 1st class J.C. van de Kruysse Pilaar.(1)

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1 On stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans 1833, launched 14 January 1839, accommodation ship 1855, stricken 1861, dimensions 26,5 (loadline) x 8,2 (inner hull) x ,2 (fore)-42 (aft) x 426 (hold below maindeck), a displacement of 352 tons and an armament of 14 guns (18-30 pd carronades and 2-6pd guns).