Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
An item reported the intended auction on Thursday the 22nd at 12.45 o’clock at the construction navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands of the condemned corvette Zr.Ms. Komeet to the highest bid.(1) The Vlissingse Courant dated 2 March 1837 reported the auction on Tuesday the 7th at 10.00 o’clock at the Hondenwerf of timber her, apparently was she at that moment being broken up.
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1. Komeet, also called Comeet, ‘kuil’corvette, Department Rotterdam, on stocks at navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans Jz. In February or 4 March 1817, launched 28 November 1818, stricken and sold 1836, dimensions 130 x 34 1/11 x 17 8/11 (hold) feet and an armament of 28 guns.
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