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Thursday 20 August 2015

Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Rijn visiting Macau. Hong Kong and Philippines according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 1 October 1850


An item reported that the Dutch frigate Zr. Ms. De Rijn captain F.A. Jöhr which arrived on 20 June at Macau coming from Batavia, Dutch East Indies sailed from there to Hong Kong. On 21 July she left Hong Kong towards Manila, Philippines.

Notes
1. Rijn, also called Rhijn, laid down as the French La Vestale at the navy shipyard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans in March 1813, handed over to the Netherlands in 1814 and renamed Rijn, launched on 5 October 1816, lengthened in 1825, conversion into a paddle steamship failed, shortened 1830, guard ship at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands and Willemsoord, Netherlands since 1852, broken up at Hellevoetsluis in 1875, dimensions 145 x 36,8 x 19 French feet or 55,25 x 12,3 x 5,75 metres and an armament of 44-54 guns (since 1830).
2. Frederik Anton Jöhr (1796 Curacao-19 January 1869 Amsterdam, Netherlands), finally dismissed in the rank of rear admiral.