An item reported that the crown appointed as commanding officers of respectively the Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Diana, (1) corvette Zr.Ms. Heldin (2) and brig Zr.Ms. Meermin (3) captain A. Anemaet, captain lieutenant J.G. Struys and captain lieutenant J. Enslie.
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1. Designed by sir John Henslew as part of the Artois-class which class was approved on 2 March 1793. Her building at the shipyard of Randall&Co. te Rotherhithe, England was ordered on 28 March and she was laid down the same month, launched on 3 March 1794, commissioned 6 June at the navy yard at Deptford. Building costs+for the first time fitted out 21.991 pond. Armed with 38 guns. Dimensions 121’8½”(keel)-146‘3“(gundeck) x 39’1½” x 13’0” and a measurement of 999 43/54 tons. Laid up in 1812 at Plymouth, England. Between March 1813 and September 1814 large repairs at the shipyard of Isaac Blackburn, Turnchapel, England. Sold in 1815 to the Netherlands for 36.796 pond. In 1838 lying dry docked at Willemsoord, Netherlands heavily damaged when fire broke out on board and sold to be broken up.
2. ‘Kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1826, launched 1830, commissioned 1 August 1830, serving in the Dutch East Indies 1831-1835, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 9 May-11 July 1837, not worthy to be repaired and sold on a public auction for ƒ 7.300 (at that moment hull already partly dismantled) 1837, 28 guns, 157 men.
3. On stocks 1828 at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands by C. Soetermeer, launched on 22 June 1830, stricken 1851, dimensions 31,50 x 9,3-9,50 x 4,50 (hold) metres, 527 tons displacement, 18 guns.
