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Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Dutch frigate 2nd class Prins Frederik der Nederlanden to be commissioned according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 14 August 1851

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An item referred ton the royal decision of the 3rd to commission the Dutch frigate 2nd class Prins Frederik der Nederlanden captain F.W. Freudenberg on 1 September.(1)

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1. IJssel, frigate, 2nd class, on stocks at navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands on 18 December 1830, launched 29 June 1840, renamed Prins Frederik der Nederlanden in 1844, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands for rebuilding as floating battery Salamander in 1859, launched in 1860, training battery in 1867, towed to the navy yard at Willemsoord, Netherlands to be broken up, call sign as Salamander GQTHJ, technical specifications as a frigate dimensions 46,21 x 11,91-12,20 x 5,17 (fore)-5,74 (aft) metres, a displacement of 1.461 (design) metric tons of 1.000 kg, 1.583 (in service) metric tons of 1.000 kg-1813 (full load) in metric tons of 1.000 kg, sail area 1.659 square metres, a crew numbering 320 men and an armament 44 guns and a floating battery displacement 1.125 (design) tons of 1.000 kg, a crew numbering 200 men and an armament of 22 guns (4-60pd guns, 18-20”grenade guns) and as dimensions 46,21 x 11,91-12,20 x 2,80 metres.