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Monday 8 July 2019

Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Sperwer decommissioned at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 26 June 1852

An item reported the arrival at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands on 14th May of the Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Sperwer captain lieutenant J.W.F. Frucht. An item dated Hellevoetsluis 22 May reported that she was to be decommissioned on 1 June and her officers non-active.(1)

Note
1. Brig 1st class, laid down at the navy yard at Vlisingen, Netherlands on 13 May 1840, launched on 9 May 1845, dry docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 13-18 April 1849, 10-18 June 1852, 25 February-4 March 1857, 1-4 June 1860 and 13-16 October 1868, stricken 1873, displacement of 546 tons and as dimensions 31,50 x 9,50 x 4,50 metres, an armament of 18 guns and a crew of 100 men.