Model Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 22nd reported the arrival on the 21st of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas commanded by G. Paling coming from Batavia, Dutch East Indies.(1)
Note
1. ‘Kuil’corvette later called a corvette 1st class, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands 1828 by C. Soetermeer, launched on 22 March 1833, sold in the Dutch East Indies in 1857, displacement 776 tons, dimensions 36,5 (between perpendiculars) x 10,0 (inner hull) x 4,25 (fore)-4,82 (aft) x 5,39 (depth below maindeck) metres and an armament of 28 guns:20-12pd guns of 20-30pd carronades, 8-12pd carronades and 2-6pd guns.
