An item dated Den Helder, Netherlands the 14th reported that the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Prins Maurits der Nederlanden captain lieutenant C.L.J. d’Hamecourt returning from the Dutch East Indies anchored I the afternoon of the 13th on the roads off Vlissingen, Netherlands.(1)
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1. Laid down at the navy yard of Vlissingen, Netherlands as the ‘kuilkorvet’ Atalante on 9 June 1842, launched on 21 July 1849, renamed Prins Maurits der Nederlanden in 1850, since 1869 guard ship and finally stricken in 1904 and sold in 1907. Displacement 776 tons, dimensions 36,50 x 10,30 x 4,80 metres and an armament of 28 guns. As a guard ship in 1877 at Amsterdam with a crew of 200 men and an armament consisting of 10 middle 30 pd guns. Wood-built. The Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 22 January 1861 reported that the same morning A. Monjé received an order to place iron roofs above the Draak and the Prins Maurits der Nederlanden for ƒ 2.230 included partly of the needed materials. Both ships were lying at the navy yard at Vlissingen. The newspaper Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode dated 17 January 1907 reported that the condemned ship was sold at the navy yard at Amsterdam to the firm M.S. Springer, Rapenburg 16, Amsterdam, Netherlands for ƒ 16.788. There were totally nine interested parties to buy here.
