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Wednesday 3 September 2014

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas departed the Netherlands towards the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 11 January 1840

An item dated Vlissingen, Nethelands 10th reported the departure a day earlier of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas commanded by J. Boelens Jz. Towards the Dutch East Indies.(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.