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Sunday, 8 June 2014

Dutch corvettes Zr.Ms. Heldin and Hippomenes arrived at Vlissingen, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 29 March 1831

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 26th reported the arrival on the 23rd of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Heldin (1) commanding officer Anemaet and on the 24th of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Hippomenes (2) commanding officer De Quartel both coming from Texel, Netherlands.

Notes
1. ‘Kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1826, launched 1830, stricken or sold 1837, 28 guns, 157 men.
2. ‘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.