An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 29th reported the sailing the Schelde upstream on the 29th by the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Hippomenes.(1,2)
Notes
1. ‘Kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1826, launched 1830, accommodation ship 1841, broken up 1854, dimensions 36,50 x 10,3 metres, 776 tons displacement, 28 guns.
2. On 25 August 1830 started a revolt in what afterwards become the independent kingdom of Belgium but at that moment since 1815 still part of the kingdom of the Netherlands. On 4 October 1830 declared the Belgians their independence, on 21 July 1831 was their first king installed. Not earlier as in 1839 accepted the Netherlands the consequences (Treaty of London).
Notes
1. ‘Kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1826, launched 1830, accommodation ship 1841, broken up 1854, dimensions 36,50 x 10,3 metres, 776 tons displacement, 28 guns.
2. On 25 August 1830 started a revolt in what afterwards become the independent kingdom of Belgium but at that moment since 1815 still part of the kingdom of the Netherlands. On 4 October 1830 declared the Belgians their independence, on 21 July 1831 was their first king installed. Not earlier as in 1839 accepted the Netherlands the consequences (Treaty of London).
