An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands 23rd reported that the Dutch corvette Zr. Ms. Prins Maurits der Nederlanden captain lieutenant C.L.J. d’Hamecourt arrived on 29 April at Batavia, Dutch East Indies coming from Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Everything was well on board.
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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).
2. Charles Louis Jules d’Hamecourt (12 April 1816 The Hague, Netherlands-16 April 1871 Kleef, Germany), retired in 1867.
