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Thursday 31 October 2019

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Nehalennia returned from the Dutch East Indies and decommissioned according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 20 October 1841

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands.  Original source

An item dated The Hague, Netherlands the 13th reported that the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Nehalennia returned from the Dutch East Indies and lying at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands was decommissioned and her commanding officer captain lieutenant Van der Plaat now non-active.(1)

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1. ‘Kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands, Netherlands 18/28 December 1824 door C. Soetermeer, launched 22 September 1827, guard ship 1847, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 4-6 July 1838 and 29 November 1841-11 May 1843 when decided was not to repair but prepare her for a voyage to the Dutch East Indies, to serve there for some time and then to be used as guard ship, guard ship 1847, sold on a public auction at Surabaya. Dutch East Indies where she was lying in the basin at the navy establishment on Saturday 22 November 1856, dimensions 36,50m x 10,30m x ?, 776 tons displacement and an armament of 28 guns.