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Monday 30 November 2015

Dutch corvette Zr. Ms. Prins Maurits der Nederlanden arrived at Vlissingen, Netherlands coming from Gibraltar according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissings Weekblad dated 9 July 1864

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands 1st reported that on Tuesday morning the Dutch corvette Zr. Ms. Prins Maurits der Nederland (1) captain H. Kemper arrived in the roads of Vlissingen coming from Gibraltar where she left on 22nd June. In the afternoon of the 1st came she from the roads into the navy dock (=Dokhaven).

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1. Ex-Atalante, ‘kuil’corvette, call sign GQRV, laid down at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands 9 June 1842 by P.A. Bruijn, launched 21 July 1849, renamed Prins Maurits der Nederlanden 1850, guard ship 1869-1870 Vlissingen and at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1877, decommissioned 1 October 1904, stricken 1905, sold an a public auction 11.00 o’clock for ƒ 16.788 to M.S. Springers at Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 10th January1907, sold within some days to a group of persons at Den Helder, Netherlands to break her up, 776 tons displacement, dimensions 36,50 x 10,30 x 4,80 metres, 18 (1869:medium 30pd)-26 guns and a crew of 200 men (1-10-1877).