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Monday, 23 June 2014

Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Prins van Oranje was to be docked at Vlissingen, Netherlands before her departure towards the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Courant van Den Helder dated Saturday 12 August 1865

Model in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

An item dated Den Helder, Netherlands the 11th reported that the Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Prins van Oranje bound for the Dutch East Indies was to be docked at Vlissingen, Netherlands for inspection.(1)

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1. Waal, frigate, 1st class, Department Rotterdam, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands August 1828, launched 16 May 1840, renamed Prins van Oranje 1844, later guard ship, sold to be broken up 1897, dimensions 54 x 14,30 x 6,05 metres, 2485 tons displacement, 60 (peace)-70 (war) guns, sail area 2170m2.