Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas ordered to be fitted out and commissioned according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissinge Courant dated 5 November 1839

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original source

 

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands the 4th reported that all efforts were done to complete the rigging and fitting out of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Boreas lying in the Rijks dok (Dokhaven) and that she would be commissioned on short notice.(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.