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Monday 17 November 2014

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Juno arrived at Surinam according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 33 December 1842

Model (NG-MC-345) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original link

An item dated Paramaribo, Surinam 12th November reported the arrival of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Juno with on board the new governor general Elias for the Dutch West Indies.(1)

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1. Corvette 1st class, call sign GQLJ, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans Jz.20 June 1833, launched 14 May 1839, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 29 March-17 April 1841, part of the Indies Military Navy since1 January 1868, guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies 18 September 1867-25 January 1870, sold at Surabaya on a public auction to the native Aridin for ƒ 16.700,00 on 2 July, dimensions 39,50 (loadline) x 10,50 (inner hull) x 4,4 (fore)-5,0 9aft) x 5,6 (hold below maindeck) metres, 929 tons displacement, 22 (1869: 14 medium 30pd guns)-32 g(24-12pd guns, 8-30pd carronades, 4-8pd guns) guns and a crew numbering 120 (1869) men.