An item dated The Hague, Netherlands the 13th reported that the Dutch crown decided that in the future there always had to be a Dutch warship in service called Van Speyk.(1) For this purpose was the corvette Argo (2) at that moment being built at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands was to be renamed Van Speyk.(1)
Notes
1. Lieutenant 2nd class J.C.J. van Speyk was a Dutch officer commanding the gunboat No. 2 and refused to surrender to the Belgian rebels at Antwerp, Belgium when his boat was driven against the river bank and blew her up.
2. ‘Kuil’corvette, 2-decker, Netherlands, on stocks P. Schuit jr at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1827, renamed as Medusa guard ship 1837, dimensions 39,50m x 10,80m ?, 900 tons displacement, 28 guns, 150 men.
