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Sunday, 22 September 2019

Dutch transport Zr.Ms. Dordrecht returning from Dutch Antilles according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 2 August 1838

The Dutch transport Zr.Ms. Dordrecht captain lieutenant Coops arrived 30 July at Hellevoetsluis with the sad news that the governor general of the Dutch West Indies baron Van Heeckeren died. He was to return with the ship towards the Netherlands but died 15 June at Curacao.(1)

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1. On stocks at the shipyard of Jan Schouten at Dordrecht, Netherlands 1828, launched afternoon at 16.30 o’clock (planned) 29 April 1829, docked at the navy yard of Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 1-2 April 1830& 26-12 December 1831&28 August 1832; 22-26 November 1833&7 August-1 November 1834&12-14 March 1838, 3-10 September 1838&9 November 1839-22 June 1840, 12-15 December 1841&15-19 April 1842 and 16-18 August 1843, decommissioned 15 July 1847, brought to Amsterdam, Netherlands on 22 July 1848, handed over to the Institute for sailors van de Zeil- en Roeivereniging KNZRV 1848, replaced by the former Zr.Ms. Venus in 1862. Was coppered, with an armament of 8 guns.