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Saturday, 21 June 2014

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Triton and brigs Zr.Ms. Panter and Vliegende Visch ordered to go to the dry dock at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 9 April 1835

An item dated The Hague, Netherlands the 6th reported that the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. corvette Triton (1) and the brigs Zr.Ms. Panter (2) and Vliegende Visch (3) were ordered to sail towards the dry docks at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands for the necessary repairs.

Notes
1. ‘Kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1822, launched 1825, guard ship 1842, broken up 1847, 28 guns.
2. Brig 1st class, also called Panter, laid down on 24 June 1823 at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands by C. Soetermeer, stricken 1845, dimensions 31,5 x 9,3 x 4,5 (depth of hold) metres and armament 18 guns.
3. Laid down at the navy yard of Rotterdam, Netherlands on 25 July 1826 by P. Glavimanss Jz., launched on 17 June 1829, 1845 guard ship, broken up 1847, dimensions 26,5 (load line) x 8,2 (inner hull) x 3,2 (fore)-4,2 (aft) x 4,26 (depth below maindeck), displacement 352 tons, an armament of 14 guns (12-12pd carronades and 2-6pd guns), a crew numbering 46-56 men and a speed of 9-10½ knots.