An item reported that the Dutch naval force lying in the Nieuwediep, Netherlands was the largest since a long time ever in a Dutch harbour. The force excluded the decommissioned frigate Zr.Ms. Rupel (1) consisted of the frigates Zr.Ms. Sambre (2) captain Van Straten and Zr.Ms. Palembang (3) captain lieutenant Freudenberg, corvettes Zr.Ms. Juno (4) captain lieutenant Klein and Zr.Ms. Amphitrite (5) captain Tengbergen, brig Zr.Ms. Zwaluw (6) captain lieutenant Enslie, transport Zr.Ms. Dordrecht (7) captain lieutenant Van der Hart, steamship of war Etna (8) captain lieutenant Van Franck and 2 gunboats.
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1. Frigate 2nd class, Netherlands, on stocks at Amsterdam, Netherlands June 1818, launched September 1822, razed as 28 guns frigate 1836, sold to be broken up 1847 and an armament of 44 guns.
2. Frigate 2nd class, building ordered by decision nr. 16, on 15 April 1816, on stocks at navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands in June 1818, launched on 27 August 1821, coppered 1821, commissioned by decision no. 30 of 18 February 1822, renamed Sambre by decision no. 100 dated 5 April 1828, razeed as a 28 guns frigate on 1836, guard ship at Willemsoord, Netherlands since 1 May 1850, guard ship at Vlissingen 1851-1 November 1866, stricken 1867, broken at at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherland the same year 1461 tons displacement, dimensions 163 x 42 x 22 27/11 feet, an armament of 44 guns and a crew numbering 300 men.
3. Frigate 2nd class, on stocks at navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands by P. Schuijt jr. in February 1822, launched on 28 April 1829, sold on Monday 2 November 1863 at 10.00 o’clock to be broken up, served also in the Dutch East Indies, dimensions 46,21 (load line) x 11,91 (inner hull) x 5,17 (fore)-5,74 (aft) x 6,41 (hold below main deck), displacement 1.422 tons, an armament of 32-44 guns (30 short 30pd guns, 20-30pd guns, 2-8pd guns) and crew numbering 393 men.
4. Corvette 1st class , on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans 20 June 1833, launched 14 May 1839, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 29 March-17 April 1841, part of the Indies Military Navy since1 January 1868, guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies 18 September 1867-25 January 1870, sold at Surubaya on a public auction to the native Aridin for ƒ 16.700,00 on 2 July, dimensions 39,50 x 10,70 x 5,3 metres, 932 tons displacement, 22 (1869: 14 medium 30pd guns)-32 guns and a crew numbering 120 (1869) men.
5. Flush-decked corvette, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands by C. Soetermeer 1827, launched 22 June 1830, commissioned 16 August 1830, reduced to 20-gun ‘kuil’-corvette 1837, decommissioned November-December 1851 at Curacao due to worse condition and not able to return homewards, sold to be broken up at Curacao 13 April 1852, with as dimensions 39 (between perpendiculars) x 10,5 (inner hull) x 4,10 (fore)-4,70 (aft) x 5,37 (hold below deck) metres and a displacement of <850 tons, an armament consisted of 18 short 30pd guns and 2-12pd guns after 1837 and a crew numbering 300 men (1830).
6. Laid down at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1837, launched on 1 August 1840, served also in the Dutch East Indies, last mentioned 1864, dimensions 32 x9,6 x 4,4 metres and an armament of 18 guns.
7. On stocks at the shipyard of Jan Schouten at Dordrecht, Netherlands 1828, launched afternoon at 16.30 o’clock (planned) 29 April 1829, docked at the navy yard of Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 1-2 April 1830& 26-12 December 1831&28 August 1832; 22-26 November 1833&7 August-1 November 1834&12-14 March 1838, 3-10 September 1838&9 November 1839-22 June 1840, 12-15 December 1841&15-19 April 1842 and 16-18 August 1843, decommissioned 15 July 1847, brought to Amsterdam, Netherlands on 22 July 1848, handed over to the Institute for sailors van de Zeil- en Roeivereniging KNZRV 1848, replaced by the former Zr.Ms. Venus in 1862, was coppered, with an armament of 8 guns.
8. Paddle steamship 3rd class, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands by C. Soetermeer on 18 September 1837, contract with the (Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (NSM) at Fijenoord for engines, boilers and spare parts for ƒ 152.541,48 according to decision 25 May 1838 no. 1, launched 30 April 1839, commissioned 1 November 1839, departed towards the Dutch West Indies 1 October 1842, returned at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 16 July 1844, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis 20 June17 July 1845, departed towards Rotterdam, Netherlands for maintenance engines, docked at Hellevoetsluis 3 December 1846-6 February 1847,fitted out with a raised keel 1846, departed towards the Dutch East Indies 7 March 1847, decommissioned and condemned in the Dutch East Indies being in an extremely worse condition and just serving around Java 31 December 1863, reported her sale for ƒ 24.500 to W. Cores de Vries on Saturday morning 2 April 1864, dimensions 47,00 (between perpendiculars) x 9,00 (inner hull)x 3,45 (armed) x 5,04 (hold below main deck) metres, an armament of 4 guns (peace time 2 long and 2 short 30pd guns, in wartime 2-30pd bomb guns and 2-short 30pd guns), 178 hp horsepower and a crew numbering 100 men.
