An announcement reported that on Thursday the 28th at 13.00 o’clock at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands an auction was intended to sell the condemned Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Medusa for the highest bid. She was lying there in de dock (or Dokhaven).(1) The editions dated 28 May, 18 June and 8 September reported auctions of timber coming available during the breaking up of the ship.
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1. Bomb corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1825 by P.Glavimans Jz.20, launched 1827, stricken 1835, sold and broken up at Vlissingen in 1836, dimensions 36,23 (loadline) x 10,06 (inner hull) x ,25 (fore)-4,81 (aft) x 5,25 (depth below maindeck) and an armament of 2-29”mortars, 20-12pd carronades, 2-6pd guns. If these corvettes were not fitted out with mortars consisted the armament of 20-30pd carronades and 2-6pd guns.
