An item referred to a letter dated 26 January written by captain lieutenant Ampt on board of the Dutch corvette Castor passing the same day Sunda Strait arriving the same day at Batavia, Dutch East Indies.(1) She left Texel, Netherlands on 6 October 1836 after a delay off Downs caused by storm and contrary winds was the voyage without problems. On 12th December was not far from Cape of Good Hoope the Dutch ship Kolonel Koopman hailed. She was underway with 120 military bound for Java, Dutch East Indies. Everything was well on board.
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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 as an training battery at Willemsoord, Netherlands 1866, public tenders on 30 May 11.00 o’clock at Willemsoord asked for breaking her up, 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.
