Dutch frigate ship Delft built in Amsterdam according to the newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 20 June 1838

An item reported that on Saturday the 16th at the shipyard de Nijverheid the shipbuilders C. Gips en Zonen immediately after the launching of the Proteus laid down the keel of the Delft of 500 lasten. The newspaper Bredasche Courant dated 18 May 1839 reported that on the 15th she was to be launched. The newspaper Noord-Brabanter dated Tuesday the 21th reported that on the Wednesday before she was launched on the shipyard de Eendracht op the shipbuilders C. Gips en Zonen calling her a frigate ship for the Dutch East Indies trade captain B.J. Muller.