Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam, Netherlands
original url https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/NG-MC-321
An item referred to a tiding of the commanding officer of the Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Prins van Oranje reporting the arrival at Ascension on 22 May with the intention to continue his voyage immediately. Everything was well on board. In March and April were St. Cruz (Tenerife, Canary Islands), George d’Elmina Dutch Gold Coast/Dutch Guinea [nowadays Ghana] and Fernando Po visited.(1)
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1. Ex-Waal, frigate 1st class, call sign GQSB, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans Jz.August 1828, launched 16 May 1840, renamed Prins van Oranje 1844, later guard ship, sold to be broken up 1897, dimensions 54 (load line) x 14 (inner hull) x 5,8-6,3 (aft) x 7,13 (hold below upper deck) metres, 2.481-2.485 tons displacement, 60 (peace:30-30pd guns, 30-30pd carronades, 2-12pd guns))-70 (war) guns and a sail area of 2.170m2.
