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Sunday, 18 December 2011

The launching of the Dutch frigate Zr. Ms. Algiers according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 29 August 1821

Amsterdam, Monday 27 August. The frigate Zr.Ms. Algiers was with success launched in the presence of a large audience. It was the same day as the day when British and Dutch naval forces attacked Algiers.(1)

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1. Frigate 2nd class, on stocks at naval yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands June 1818, launched 27 August 1821, coppered in 1821, renamed Sambre 1828, became guardship in 1850.