An item reported the departure from Willemstad. Curacao on Monday evening of the American 32-gun corvette USS Cyane captain R.T. Spence towards Puerto Cabello and La Guayra, Venezuela.(1)
Note
1. Her building as the British 6th rate HMS Columbine at the shipyard of John Bass, Topsham, Exeter was ordered on 30 January 1805, renamed Cyane, laid down in August, launched on 14 October 1806, commissioned March 1807, completed 13 July, captured by the USA on 20 February 1815, commissioned the same year, finally laid up at the Philadelphia Navy yard, sunk in 1835 and salvaged and broken up in 1836. With a builders measurement of 539 39/94 tons were her dimensions 30,1 keel)-36,0 (over all) x 9,8 x 3,2 metres or 98’7¼”-118’2” x 32’0½”x 10’6” with in US service an armament of 20-32pd carronades, 8-18pd carronades and 4-12 pd guns.
Note
1. Her building as the British 6th rate HMS Columbine at the shipyard of John Bass, Topsham, Exeter was ordered on 30 January 1805, renamed Cyane, laid down in August, launched on 14 October 1806, commissioned March 1807, completed 13 July, captured by the USA on 20 February 1815, commissioned the same year, finally laid up at the Philadelphia Navy yard, sunk in 1835 and salvaged and broken up in 1836. With a builders measurement of 539 39/94 tons were her dimensions 30,1 keel)-36,0 (over all) x 9,8 x 3,2 metres or 98’7¼”-118’2” x 32’0½”x 10’6” with in US service an armament of 20-32pd carronades, 8-18pd carronades and 4-12 pd guns.
