Monday 28 September 2015

Dutch frigate Zr. Ms. Prins van Oranje arrived at Devonport, England according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 27 September 1851

Half models Ijssel right and Waal left Model BG-MC-99. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands. Original url


Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original url

Model Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original url

An item refererd to a tiding dated Devonport, England 19th reporting the arrival of the Dutch frigate Zr. Ms. Prins van Oranje captain lieutenant D. Bijl de Vroe underway from the Mediterranean towards the Netherlands. She would stay there for some days to allow her etat major to visit the exhibition. (1)

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1. Former Waal, frigate 1st class, call sign GQSB, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans Jz. In August 1828, launched on 16 May 1840, renamed Prins van Oranje in 1844, later guard ship, sold on a public auction at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands at 12.30 o’clock on Thursday 6 Augustus 1896, sold to Mr. M.S. Sprenger, Amsterdam, Netherlands for ƒ 12.263,63, 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.