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Friday 9 August 2019

British 5th rate HMS Shannon departed Curacao towards Bonaire according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 25 July 1829

An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Thursday the 23rd of the British frigate HMS Shannon captain Clement towards Bonaire.(1)

Note
1. 5th Rate, launched at the shipyard of Brindley, Frindsbury, England 5 May 1806, receiving ship 1832, renamed Saint Lawrence 11 March 1844, broken up at Chatham, England 1859,with an armament of 38 guns.