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Tuesday 8 July 2014

Dutch aviso brig Zr.Ms. Gier 1816-1845

Model Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Part of a lithography dealing with the bombardment of Antwerp, Belgium, Antwerp by a Dutch squadron on the Schelde 27 October 1830
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Department Rotterdam, on stocks at navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans in September 1816, launched January 1818, coppered 1818, docked and copper renewed at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 31 December 1823-17 March 1824, again docked and fitted out with a new false keel 14 April 1824, 13-14 July 1837, 30 June-3 July 1841 and 16 July-4 January 1845, served also in the Dutch West Indies, condemned at Hellevoetsluis and sold at the navy yard to be broken up Wednesday 19 March 1845, displacement 191 ton, dimensions 226 (loadline) x 7,1 (inner hull) x 2,7 (fore)-3,4 (aft) x 3,6 (depth below maindeck) and an armament of 8 guns (6-12pd carronades and 2-6pd guns).