Model Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands. Original url
Model Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original url
An item dated Middelburg, Netherlands 10th reported that the Dutch frigate Zr. Ms. Prins van Oranje captain D. Bijl de Vroe coming from Tunis visited Gibraltar but left on 20 August again towards Tunis. (1)
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1. Former Waal, frigate 1st class, call sign GQSB, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans Jz. In August 1828, launched on 16 May 1840, renamed Prins van Oranje in 1844, later guard ship, sold on a public auction at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands at 12.30 o’clock on Thursday 6 Augustus 1896, sold to Mr. M.S. Sprenger, Amsterdam, Netherlands for ƒ 12.263,63, dimensions 54 (load line) x 14 (inner hull) x 5,8-6,3 (aft) x 7,13 (hold below upper deck) metres, 2.481-2.485 tons displacement, 60 (peace:30-30pd guns, 30-30pd carronades, 2-12pd guns))-70 (war) guns and a sail area of 2.170m2.
