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Tuesday 17 March 2020

Still crewmembers of the Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Rotterdam nursed at Riouw for cholera according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 1 March 1842

An item reported that at Riouw, Dutch East Indies still 12 crewmembers of the Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Rotterdam were nursed in the hospital suffering from cholera.(1)

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1. Frigate 2nd class, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands December 1821 by P. Glavimans Jz, launched 8 June 1826, razeed as a 38 guns frigate 1838, stricken 1862, dimensions 46,21 (loadline) x 11,91 (inner hull) x 5,17 (fore)-5,74 (aft) x 6,41 (depth below maindeck) metres, a displacement of 1.422 Dutch tons and an armament of 38-44-52 (30 short 30pd, 20-30 pd, 2-8pd) guns.