Translate

Wednesday 11 August 2021

Cathead lion Dutch screw steam frigate Zr. Ms. Evertsen (1854)

Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands 23 February 2019

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Source

As the Neptunus


Call sign GQJK. Laid down at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands on 16 October 1854, launched, on Monday 21 September 1857, destined for training sea militia 1 May 1877, decommissioned on 15 November 1881, at the navy yard at Willemsoord, Netherlands engines and boilers removed, renamed Neptunus on 11 March 1893, used as accommodation for army personnel September 1914, stricken in 1921.