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Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Dutch frigate Oranjezaal forced to return to Vlissingen, Netherlands while sickness harassed her crew according to the Dutch newspaper Leeuwarder courant dated 8 September 1781

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands 25 August reported that the Dutch 24-gun frigate Orange-Zaal returned on the 24th in the roads of Vlissingen caused to leave her guard while her crew was harassed by sickness.(1)

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1. 7th charter, of the admiralty Maze, on stocks by L. van Zwijndrecht at naval yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands on 23 November 1751, launched on 14 March 1752, sold in 1788, dimensions 120 x 33 x 13-14, an armament of 20-26 guns and a crew numbering 150 men.