An official announcement dated the 21st reported the intended departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Wednesday the 2nd from Willemstad, Curacao of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Dolfijn towards open sea for escorting merchant ships bound for Puerto Cabello and La Guayra, Venezuela.
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1. ‘Kuil’corvette, Department Amsterdam, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands January or 13 February 1817, launched on 21 February 1818, coppered 1819, while floating in the harbour of Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands intensively repaired by deputy constructor Bakker in May-October 1821, accommodation ship 1825, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis and broken up 11 November 1842, served in the Dutch West and East Indies and an armament of, 28 guns.