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Thursday 10 October 2019

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas entering navy harbour at Vlissingen, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 15 December 1842

Model Rijksmuseun, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original link

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands reported that the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas captain J. Boelen coming from sea entered the Dokhaven; she returned 2 days earlier from Batavia, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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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.