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Friday 7 February 2020

American sloop USS Natchez visited Willemstad, Curaca according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 8 August 1829

An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Monday the 3rd of the American corvette USS Natchez captain Claxton towards Maracaibo.(1)

Note
1. Sloop. Launched at the Norfolk Navy Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA in 1827 and broken up at the New York Navy yard in 1840. With a displacement of 203 tons/200 long tons were her dimensions 39 (between perpendiculars) x 10,21 x 5,03 metres or 127’x 33’6” x 16’6”. A crew of 190 men and an armament consisting of 18 guns.