Zr. Ms. Algiers. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original url
Zr. Ms. Curacao
The Hague, 4 July. The 2nd left from Texel towards the North Sea the training squadron commanded by captain Machielsen, commanding officer of the frigate Zr. Ms. Algiers (1), the corvettes Triton (2) captain lieutenant Edeling, Amphitrite (3) captain lieutenant Tengbergen, Hippomenes (4) captain lieutenant Moll, brig Pegasus (5) captain lieutenant Boelen and the steamship Curacao lieutenant Coertsen (6).
Notes
1. Frigate 2nd class, Netherlands, on stocks at Amsterdam, Netherlands June 1821, launched 1825 (the launching was expected for Wednesday 26 October around 13.00-13.30 o’clock if the weather was sufficient), 1828 razed as 28 guns frigate and renamed Algiers, stricken 1853, 1460 tons displacement 44 guns.
2. A so-called ‘kuilcorvette’, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, 1822, launched 1825, guardship 1842, broken up 1847, 28 guns.
3. A so-called flush deckedcorvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Flushing 1827, launched 1830, reduced to 20-gun corvette 1837, stricken >1851-1852<, 850 tons displacement, 20-32 guns.
4. A so-called ‘kuilcorvette’, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam 1826, launched 1830, accommodation ship 1841, broken up 1854, dimensions 36,50m x 10,3m x ?, 776 tons displacement, 28 guns.
5. On stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam 1827, launched 1830, accommodation ship 1841, last mentioned 1851, dimensions 31,50m x 9,50m x 4,50m, 546 tons displacement, 18 guns.
6. Built in 1825 at Dover, England as the Calpe for the American and Colonial Steam Navigation Company, purchased in 1826 by the Dutch government, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis 21 August-21 September 1827, 27 October 1829-12 March 1830, 28 December 1833-9 April 1834, 9-10 October 1835, 28 October-1 November 1836, 22 December 1836-14 January 1837, 10-19 August 1842 , 11-14 May and 2-23 September 1844 and in 1846 sold to be broken up. Dimensions 37,5 (Asmus)-38,8 (naval deputy engineer A. Bakker) x 8,05 x 4,96 metres, horsepower 106 hp and speed 8 knots.
