Model Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
An item referred to tidings received from Den Helder, Netherlands reported that the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas captain Paling daily expected to return from the Dutch East Indies was to enter instead of this port Vlissingen, Netherlands to be stationed before the fortresst Bath along the Schelde.(1)
Note
1. ‘Kuil’corvette later called a corvette 1st class, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands 1828 by C. Soetermeer, launched on 22 March 1833, sold in the Dutch East Indies in 1857, displacement 776 tons, dimensions 36,5 (between perpendiculars) x 10,0 (inner hull) x 4,25 (fore)-4,82 (aft) x 5,39 (depth below maindeck) metres and an armament of 28 guns:20-12pd guns of 20-30pd carronades, 8-12pd carronades and 2-6pd guns.
