The secretary general of the Dutch Department of Navy at The Hague 16 August 1834 a letter to the Dutch representative at the Ottoman Court. The latter had requested for more information dealing with the Dutch navy. The reason I haven’t yet discovered; perhaps the Ottoman problems with Egypt
In the East Indies and with rear-admiral Bolken
frigate Palembang
frigate Diana, 44 guns, Captain Koopman(2).
corvette Amphitrite, 32 guns, Captain Machielsen(3).
corvette Ajax
corvette Heldin, 28 guns, Captain Anthony Anemaet (5).
brig Meermin, 18 guns, Captain Diemer (6).
In the West Indies
corvette Pallas, 20 guns, Captain Buijs (7).
brig Pegasus, 18 guns, Captain Lieutenant Muller (8).
brig Zwaluw, 18 guns, Captain Lieutenant Tam (9).
brig Echo, 18 guns, Captain Lieutenant Van Voss (10).
transport Prins Willem Frederik Hendrik, Lieutenant 1st class Van der Hart (11).
Cruising in the East and North Sea
ship of the line Zeeuw, 84 guns, Captain Rijk (12).
brig Snelheid, 14 guns, Lieutenant 1st class Ferguson
Cruising in the Mediterranean
corvette Triton, 28 guns, Captain Van Son (14).
brig Panter, 18 guns, Captain Lieutenant Edeling(15).
On river Schelde off Flushing
frigate Euridice, 32 guns, Captain Courier dit Dubekart(16).
2 gaff gunboats a 5 guns
4 gaff gunboats each 3 guns
River Schelde between Lillo and Terneuzen
bomb corvette Meduza or Medusa, 20 guns, 2 mortars, Lieutenant 1st class Frucht (17).
bomb corvette Proserpina or Proserpine, 20 guns, 2 mortars, Captain Van Mazen(18).
corvette Komeet or Comeet, 10 guns, Captain Lieutenant Den Berger(19).
corvette Dolfijn or Dolphijn, 10 guns, Captain Lieutenant Lans(20).
corvette Pollux, 10 guns, Captain Lieutenant Du Fes (21).
steamship Suriname
10 gaff mortar boats
17 gaff gunboats each of 5 guns
19 gaff gunboats each of 3 guns
Off Hellevoetsluis, Den Briel and Maassluis
brig Vliegende Visch, 14 guns, Captain Lieutenant Tuning (23).
brig Brak, 8 guns, Captain Lieutenant De Vriese(24).
steamship Curacao , 11 guns, Captain Lieutenant Le Jeune (25).
1 gaff gunboat of 5 guns
8 gaff gunboats each of 3 guns
At the IJ off Durgerdam
frigate Rupel, 44 guns, Captain Pool(26)
2 gaff gunboats, each of 3 guns
Off Terschelling and Harlingen
brig Gier, 10 guns, Lieutenant 1st class Zoutman(27).
3 gaff gunboats each of 3 guns
Off Texel
ship of the line Waterloo
1 gaff gunboat of 5 guns
10 gaff gunboats each of 3 guns
At Willemsoord
guard ship Kenau Hasselaar, 32 guns, Captain Tieman(29).
At Hellevoetsluis
guard ship Amstel, 44 guns, Captain De Lange (30).
At Flushing
guard ship Minerva, 32 guns, Captain Spengler (31).
Off Amsterdam
accommodation ship Attalante, 28 guns, Lieutenant 1st class Scheidius(32).
Off Rotterdam
accommodation ship Kemphaan 18 guns, Lieutenant 1st class Schuit (33).
The mortar gunboats were armed with 1-36pdr fore, amidships a 20dm mortars and aft 2-8pdr, which could be used for flank fire.
The 5-gun gunboats were armed with 1-30pdr fore, 2-30pdr carronades amidships and 2-8pdr aft, which could be used for flank fire.
The 3-gun gunboats were armed with long 1-18dr fore and 2-3pdr aft, which could be used for flank fire.
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Notes
1. On stocks at Amsterdam
2. Bought from the British Navy June 1815 (according to Winfield) and 7 March 1815 order no. 2 (according to Klaassen) as the Melampus. Dimensions 141’2¼”e x 39’0”e x 13’11”e and draught 14’6”-15’10”e, 947 24/94e tons builders measurement, 280-300 men. Keel laid down December 1782 at James Martin Hillhouse at Bristol , England 8 June 1785 . Commissioned 10 April 1815 in Engeland (according to Vermeulen), 27 March 1815 order no. 22 (according to MvM aanhangsel na 1813 no. 55). Burnt while lying in the dry dock at Willemsoord and lost, wreck sold.
3. According to Vermeulen a so-called wood built ‘gladdekskorvet’. On stocks at Flushing 1827 (according to Vermeulen), 31 July 1828 (other source), launched 1830, commissioned by royal order dated 14 August 1830 no, 3, 300 men, In 1836 rerigged as a 20-gun corvette. Decommissioned at Curacao 1851 due condition didn’t allow returning to the Netherlands
4. According to Vermeulen a so-called wood built ‘kuilkorvet’. On stocks by P. and C.J. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam 13 October 1828 and launched 13 June 1832 , displacement 776 tons, in the end of her career accommodation ship at Hellevoetsluis and Amsterdam
5. In 1830 150 men including 20 marines. According to Vermeulen a so-called ‘kuilkorvet’. On stocks at Amsterdam 1826, launched 1830, commissioned by royal order dated 31 July 1830 no. 59, 9 May 1837 placed in the aft dock at Hellevoetsluis to be repaired, due to worse condition decided not worth to be repaired, left 11 July the dock and sold public.
6. On stocks at naval yard at Flushing 29 August 1828, launched 1830, 527 tons displacement, dimensions 31,50 x 9,50 x 4,50m, 100 men. Commissioned 14 August 1830 (Royal order no. 3), Stricken 1851.
7. According to Vermeulen a so-called ‘kuilkorvet’, on stocks November 1822 at Rotterdam and launched 1824, dimensions 34 x 9,7m, placed 17 July 1837 in dry (=fore) dock at Hellevoetsluis, reported not worth to be repaired, left dock 1 September and public sold.
8. On stocks by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam 1827, launched 22 April 1830, 546 tons displacement, dimensions 31,50 x 9,50 x 4,50m, in keel dock at Hellevoetsluis 10 October-10 November 1840, condemned and fitted out to replace the Kemphaan as accommodation ship at Rotterdam, 1 April 1841 accommodation ship at Rotterdam, 22 June 1851 transferred to Hellevoetsluis to be broken up.
9. On stocks by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam June 1816, launched 13 September 1817, coppered 1817, 500 tons displacement, dimensions 31,50 x 9,50 x 4,50m, 90-102 men, commissioned by royal order dated 16 October 1818 no. 48, not mentioned on ship list dated 1 October 1837.
10. On stocks by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam 28 March 1827 , 546 tons displacement, dimensions 31,50 x 9,50 x 4,50m, not mentioned on ship list dated 1 January 1854 .
11. Launched at Middelburg 1832, 8 guns, dimensions 33,70 x 9,14 x 3,80m, not mentioned on ship list dated 1 January 1857 .
12. On stocks at Flushing 24 August 1817 according to Van Dijk May 1819), launched 1825 (according to Van Dijk 15 April 1825, last Dutch ship-of-the-line which made a voyage under sail 1824, rebuilt 1860 as 32-gun floating battery and renamed Jupiter, stricken 1873. Dimensions 54,16 x 14,70 x 2,40m.
13. On stocks at Flushing 1830, launched 1833, 546 tons displacement, dimensions 28,00 x 7,70 x 3,70m, condemned 1849, sold 1850.
14. According to Vermeulen a so-called ‘kuilkorvet’, on stocks July 1822 at naval yard at Amsterdam Batavia Batavia
15. Keel laid down at naval yard at Flushing 24 July 1823 , repaired in keel dock at Hellevoetsluis 9 May-11 July 1837.
16. On stocks by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam December 1801, launched 21 April 1802, coppered 1803, 1811 and 1823, dimensions 145 x 40 x 15, draught for 11’8”, aft 14”, height copper fore 17’9½”, aft 19’0”, by order 18 March 1803 in service as training ship, since 1 September 1842 accommodation ship at Flushing, sold at Flushing 1847 to be broken up.
17. On stocks by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam
18. On stocks by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam May 1818, launched 10 or 11 October 1821 (Jaarboek Koninklijke Marine 1971, Poelmans 11 October), by the launching broke a chain serving as a parapet on a bridge, 4 people drowned, coppered 1821, dimensions (between perpendiculars) 36,23 x 5,25m, draught 4,53m, 150 men, stricken 1835.
19. On stocks at by P. Glavimans at naval yard Rotterdam 28 November 1818 , according to Vermeulen 28 guns, dimensions 130 x 34’5½” x 17’7”(Amsterdam
20. According to Vermeulen a ‘kuilkorvet’ with 28 guns, on stocks at Amsterdam 21 February 1818 , coppered 1819, at the end of her career accommodation ship for labourers at Hellevoetsluis, broken up 1841.
21. According to Vermeulen a so-called ‘kuilkorvet’ with 28 guns, on stocks by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam September 1822, launched 13 March 1824, dimensions 36 (waterline) x 10, broken up 1838. Was coppered from keel to keel at Rotterdam
22. On stocks by C. Soetermeer at naval yard at Flushing 8 April 1826 , launched 24 July 1827 , 810 tons displacement, commissioned 20 May 1828 , decommissioned 27 July 1836 , April 1837 decided to be broken up due to large repair costs.
23. Ordered 11 March 1826 no. 30 the aviso vessel and packet Vliegende Visch to be armed with 12-12pdr carronades and 2-pdr. Ordered to be laid by order 27 July 1826 no. 16 by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam 25 July 1826, launched 17 June 1829, 1 January 1845 guard ship at Soerabaja, condemned and broken up 1874.
24. According to Vermeulen a so-called 8-gun aviso brig. Ordered to be built as aviso vessel 25 January 1821 no. 36 and to be named Brak , conform order dated 5 November 1821 no. 24 on stocks by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam 11 November 1821, launched 9 August 1824, dimensions 80 (deck) x 25 x 12’8” (Amsterdam feet), 24-50 men, commissioned 25 August 1825 no. 138 (royal order) as West Indies packet, December 1844 guard ship on the Niskerie and while sinking 1849 in the Suriname river grounded and sold.
25. Launched by J.H.&H. Duke at Dover, England, displacement 483 tons, 106 hp, speed 8 knots, 42 men, dimensions 36,5/38,8 x 8,05 x 4,96m, armed with 5-36pdr and 2-6pdr according to Vermeulen. October 1862 bought from the American & Colonial Steam Navigation Company at London Calpe . Decommissioned 15 June 1846 and transferred to Rotterdam
26. On stocks at naval yard at Amsterdam
27. According to Vermeulen and the inventory of the naval archives a so-called 8-gun aviso brig or aviso vessel. On stocks by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam September 1816, launched January 1818, coppered 1818, dimensions 80 x 25 x 12’8” (Amsterdam feet), condemned at Hellevoetsluis 1845 and sold to be broken up 19 March. 16 July 1844 for repairs placed in aft dock at Hellevoetsluis, 4 January 1845 out.
28. On stocks at Amsterdam September 1818, launched 1824, 1826 armed en flute with 250 men, later increased with 20, commissioned 25 October 1826 no. 140 (royal order), letter dated 28 October 1826 no. D 79 ordered to be armed with 16-30pdr, 2-12pdr and 6-30pdr carronades, 1827 troop transport, broken up 1841.
29. On stocks as frigate by P. Glavimans jr at naval yard at Rotterdam 30 April 1841 guard ship at Nieuwediep (=Willemsoord) and there broken up. Dimensions 145 x 40 x 15, draught with masts, bowsprit etc. fore 11’7½”, aft 13’9½”, figurehead was a complete female figure with left shoulder dressed with a scarf, long petticoat with bonnet and jacket.
30. On stocks as frigate l’Amstel by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam
31. On stocks as frigate October 1804 at Flushing and launched December 1805, coppered 1806, height copper in 188 fore 18 1/11, aft 19’4½”, 1823 guard ship at Flushing, sold there in 1835 at Flushing to be broken up. Dimensions 145 x 40 x 15, draught with masts, bowsprit etc. fore 12 9/11, aft 14 2/11 (?)
32. According to Vermeulen a so-called ‘kuilkorvet’. Launched at Amsterdam Amsterdam
33. On stocks as a brig by P.Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam October 1818, launched June 1821, 546 tons displacement, coppered 1821, dimensions 31,50 x 9,50 x 4,50m, 100 men, at the end of her career accommodation ship at Rotterdam (1837) and Hellevoetsluis (1841), 1845 fitted out as coal ship and transferred to Willemsoord.
