An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 14th reported that on the 13th the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Nehalennia (1)commanded by J.C. Rijk entered de Schelde upstream.(2)
Notes
1. ‘A so-called ‘kuil’ corvette, on stocks at navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands 1825, launched 22 September 1827, guard ship 1847, stricken and sold to be broken up 1856, dimensions 36,50m x 10,30m x ?, 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).
