Model Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands. Original source
An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands 20th supplied more details about the last voyage of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Castor captain lieutenant Ampt.(1) She left on 3 February Texel and with a strong but favourite wind reached she within 3 days the Atlantic Ocean passing the Strait of Gibraltar on the 20th arriving on the27th at Marseille, France. On 8 March came the consul and departed she towards Gibraltar arriving there the 18th. Contrary winds prevented her departure until the 29th and finally she arrived on 13th April back at Texel, Netherlands.
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1. ‘Kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1830 by P. Schuijt jr., launched 1835, training battery 1849, stricken 1866, dimensions 36,50 (between perpendiculars) x 10,0 (inner hull) x 4,25 (fore)-4,82 (aft) x 5,39 (depth below main deck), 775 tons displacement and an armament of 28 guns (20-12pd guns or 20-30pd carronades, 8-12pd carronades and 2-6pd guns.
