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Sunday, 31 August 2014

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas entered inner harbour of Vlissingen, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 30 March 1829

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An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 29th reported that on the 28th the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas G. Paling entered the Dokhaven coming from the roads.(1)

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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.