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Tuesday 3 December 2019

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas visited England underway towards the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 8 December 1842

Model Rijksmuseun, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original link

An item reported that the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas captain J. Boelen underway from Batavia, Dutch East Indies towards Texel, Netherlands entered the harbour of Portsmouth, England on 27th November.(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.