An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 18th reported that the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas (1) built at the navy yard there was to be fitted out on 15 March to be commissioned. Further more was ordered that against March the Dutch transport Zr.Ms. Prins Willem Frederik Hendrik (2) lieutenant 1st class C. van der Hart lying at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands was to depart towards Surinam and Curacao with victuals for the navy in the Dutch West Indies.
Notes
1. ‘Kuil’corvette later called a corvette 1st class, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands 1828 by C. Soetermeer, launched on 22 March 1833, 1857 sold, displacement 776 tons, dimensions 36,5 (between perpendiculars) x 10,0 (inner hull) x 4,25 (fore)-4,82 (aft) x 5,39 (depth below maindeck) metres and an armament of 28 guns:20-12pd guns of 20-30pd carronades, 8-12pd carronades and 2-6pd guns.
2. Built at the at the shipyard of the Commercie Compagnie at Middelburg, Netherlands 1829-1832, bought 1832, sold 1857, dimensions 33,70 x 9,14 x 3,80 metres, 8 guns.
