It was a naval base and a ship yard meant to equip ships that were new, pulled from reserve, or returned from sea. In this respect it was more than a simple base. Ships could unload their guns, masts and rigging for storage, and then be laid up or get careened. After that they could be re-armed etc. An early 19th century map shows that most of the terrain of the previous yard remained rather empty. The equipment yard did use the Zeemagazijn or arsenal described above. In 1814 it was called 'Magazijn Generaal der levensmiddelen van oorlog', indicating that in 1814 it was used as a general warehouse for foodstuff. Later the also was named Magazijn (warehouse) number 1. On the west side of the water, north of the sea lock, there was a big storehouse with buttresses. It was called Magazijn (warehouse) number 2. It used to be the Oostkerk that was built from 1650-1654. The church had a small tower on top of the roof and was burned during the fire of 1749. A piece of burning sailcloth was blown from the burning admiralty warehouse on the Pottekaai and clung to the small tower, burning the church down in moments. From 1752 it was restored. In 1808 the church was commandeered by the French as a storehouse. In 1809 it was burned down by the British bombardment, leaving nothing but the walls. In 1812 the building was rebuilt as warehouse, and so it became part of the Rijkswerf Vlissingen. As such it was used from 1815. Its four levels stored anchors, cables, rigging and chains. A small section of buttressed wall remains in the Onderstraat, and may be the only building that's left of the Rijkswerf. South of the Warehouse Nr 2 the new kingdom disowned some buildings, and built a new rectangular building with a nice [[Facade]] and [[Frontispiece_(architecture)|frontispiece]] facing the shipyard. In the takelmagazijn the [[Shroud_(sailing)|shrouds]] and other parts of the rigging were made and stored. In September 1817 a tender was announced for paving the terrain in front of the recently built takelmagazijn. The takelmagazijn would stand long enough for it to be on aerial photographs.