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Friday 28 August 2015

Dutch corvette Zr. Ms. Sumatra dry docked at Vlissingen, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant 1 April 1851

model NG-MC-348. Rijksmuseum Ammsterdam. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/NG-MC-348

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands 31 March reported that the Dutch corvette Zr. Ms. Sumatra was dry docked [in the Dok of Perry] that same day.(1)

Note
1. Sumatra also called Sumatraan, ‘kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by C.J. Glavimans on 26 October 1843, launched on 18 May 1848, transferred to the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands on 28 August, there docked and coppered 9-23 October, commissioned on 1 May 1849, burned off Kema, Celebes on 16 May 1854, displacement 942 tons and as dimensions 39,5 (waterline) x 12,00 (inner hull) 12,30 x 5,00 (fore)-5,40 (aft) and a hold of 6,2 metres and an armament of 26 guns.