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Friday 12 February 2016

Armament of Dutch bomb corvettes in 1818

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original link

The Dutch minister of navy ordered in his letter dated 15 April 1818 that the armament of the these corvettes consisted standard of 20-30pd carronades. When used for the design tasks then armed with 2-12” mortars, 20-12pd carronades and 2-8pd guns. The crew numbered 120 men excluded the marines or artillerists needed to man the mortars.(1)

Note
1. Proserpina, Department Rotterdam, building ordered decision dated 15 April 1818 number 6, on stocks as the Proserpina at navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P.Glavimans Jz.20 May 1818, launched 11 October 1821, coppered in 1821, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 18-23 August 1824 commissioned on 1 September 1824 (ordered on 26 August 1824 number 29), to extend the copper, docked again at Hellevoetsluis since 25 November 1828 for repairs, stricken in 1835, sold in 1836 and became a whaler, dimensions 36,23 (load line) x 10,06 (inner hull) x ,25 (fore)-4,81 (aft) x 5,25 (depth below maindeck) and an armament of 2-29”mortars, 20-12pd carronades, 2-6pd guns. If these corvettes were not fitted out with mortars consisted the armament of 20-30pd carronades and 2-6pd guns.
Hekla, building ordered on 15 April 1818 no. 6, order dated 29 May 1818 no. 9 called Hekla, on stocks at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans January 1819, launched 11 October 1821, commissioned 16 March 1822, decommissioned 10 August 1825, commissioned 15 February 1826, decommissioned 31 December 1829, stricken and sold at Vlissingen to J.F.C. Retsin 1830, broken up 1830-1831, dimensions 36,23 (between perpendiculars) x 1,06 x 4,53 (middle) x 5,25 (hold), 20-22 guns (20-30pd carronades, 2-6pd guns) and a crew numbering 150 men.
Medusa, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1825 by P.Glavimans Jz.20, launched 1827, stricken 1835, sold and broken up at Vlissingen in 1836, dimensions 36,23 (load line) x 10,06 (inner hull) x ,25 (fore)-4,81 (aft) x 5,25 (depth below maindeck) and an armament of 2-29”mortars, 20-12pd carronades, 2-6pd guns. If these corvettes were not fitted out with mortars consisted the armament of 20-30pd carronades and 2-6pd guns.

Source
Archive Dutch navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands (Zeeuws Archief, Middelburg) 95.16.