An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Saturday the25th of the German steam warship Victoria commanded by C. Donner towards St. Thomas.(1)
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1. Correct spelling Victoria, Laid down as the shipyard of Armand Fréres, Bordeaux, France with the imaginary Japanese name Osakka for account of the Confederate States and to be commissioned as the Lousiana and launched in 1864. The French emperor Napoleon III however forbade her delivery and she was sold on 13 May to Prussia and renamed the 31th Victoria. Stricken on 14 April 1891 and finally sold at Hamburg, Germany the next year. With a displacement of 1.827 (design)-2.272 (maximum) tons were her dimensions 75,20 (waterline)-81,50 (over all) x 11,1 x 5,03 (fore)-5,62 (aft) metres. Maximum speed 13, 5 knots, a crew numbering maximum223 men and an origin al armament consisting of 8-24pd guns, 6 long 12 pd guns (later replaced by 4-15cm guns), 6-12cm guns and 1-8cm gun.
