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Saturday, 14 June 2014

Dutch corvettes Zr.Ms. Hippomenes and Heldin arrived at Vlissingen, Netherlands returning from open sea according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 3 November 1831

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 1st reported that on 31st October the Dutch corvettes Zr.Ms. Hippomenes (1) and Heldin (2) returned from sea.

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. Kuilcorvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1826, launched 1830, stricken or sold 1837, 28 guns, 157 men.