An item dated Nieuwediep, Netherlands 21th reported that with favourable wind conditions the Dutch frigate Zr. Ms. Prins Aelxander der Nederlanden intended to depart that week towards the West Indies. She was first to deliver ammunition and victuals for the warships lying off Surinam and Curacao and to sail from there towards the Mediterranean with the intention to return to the Netherlands in 1856.(1)
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1. Former Lek, frigate 2nd class, call sign GQRJ, on stocks at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1832, launched 3 September 1844, renamed Prins Alexander der Nederlanden 1844 , guard ship 1871, condemned, sold on a public auction lying at the naval establishment Onrust, Dutch East Indies on Wednesday 21 May 1873 at 10.00 o’clock by John Price&Co. at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, 1460 tons displacement, dimensions 46,21 x 12,20 x 6,00 metres and an armament of 22 (as guard ship)-44 guns.
