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Tuesday 21 October 2014

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Castor bound for the Dutch West Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 27 January 1842

An item reported that contrary winds forced the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Castor captain lieutenant F.A. Söhngen to return on the 16th in the roads of Texel, Netherlands and that she on the 21th departed again towards the Dutch West Indies.(1)

Note
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.