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Friday, 14 August 2015

Dutch transport Zr.Ms. Merwede arrived at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands coming from Surinam according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 11 April 1850

An item dated Middelburg, Netherlands 10th reported the arrival at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands on the 7th by the Dutch transport Zr.Ms. Merwede lieutenant 1st class J. Spanjaard coming from Surinam.(1)

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1. On stocks at the shipyard of Jan Schouten, Dordrecht, Netherlands 1832, launched 28 July 1835, commissioned 1 March 1838, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 19-21 June 1839, 20-22 July 1840, 7-9 April and 13-15 December 1841, 13 July-8 August 1842, 23-29 January and 18-22 September 1845, 15-18 July 1846, for extensive repairs 27 July 1847-26 August 1848, 30 April 1 May 1850, 19 April 1852, 21 August 1854-1- August 1855, 4 August-? 1856, 28 November-9 December 1857, 4-8 January 1858, sale in the Dutch East Indies for an unknown period delayed in 1860, dimensions 33,70 x 9,1 x 3,80 metres, 8 guns.