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Friday, 7 February 2020

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas departed England towards the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 29 February 1840



An item reported that on the 17th the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas captain lieutenant Boelens Jz. L
left Plymouth, England to continue her voyage towards the 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.