Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Prins van Oranje off Tenerife bound for Brazil according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 14 May 1850

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An item referred to a report written by captain Bouricius on board of the Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Prins van Oranje off St. Cruz, Teneriffe on 30th March reporting that everything was well on board. He arrived there on the 27th and intended to depart on the 30th. He was ordered to visit Rio Janeiro, Brazil underway. The minister of navy requested the consul general at Rio to warn immediately Bouricius if the town still was harassed by yellow fever to prevent entering the port and in this manner to protect the crew.(1)

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1. Former Waal, frigate, 1st class, Netherlands, Department Rotterdam, on stocks by P. Glavimans Jz. at naval yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands in August 1828, launched on 16 May 1840, renamed Prins van Oranje in 1844, guard ship, sold to be broken up in 1897, dimensions 54 (loadline)x 14,00 (inner hull x 5,8 (fore)-6,3 (aft) x 7,13 (hold below upper deck) metres. 2481 tons displacement, 60 (peace: 30-30pd guns, 30-30pd carronades, 2-12pd guns)-70 (war) guns and a sail area 2170m2.