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Friday 29 August 2014

British 5th rates HMS Druid and Shannon departed Curacao towards Jamaica according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 8 August 1829

An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao towards Jamaica on Sunday 2nd of the British frigates HMS Druid captain Sandom towards England and HMS Shannon Clement towards Jamaica.(1)

Note
1. 5th Rate, launched at Pembroke Dock, England on 1 July 1825, sold in 1863 and with an armament of 46 guns.
2. 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.