An item reported that the Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Zwaluw captain Bodel which was at that moment already a longer period stationed at Curacao was now repaired at the local shipyard of H. van der Meulen&Co. and again good condition. Before that made she 17 voyages to escort the trade between Curacao and the Spanish and Colombian harbours.(1)
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1. Laid down at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans June 1816, launched September 1817, coppered 1817, commissioned by royal order 16 October, served in the West and Dutch East Indies, condemned and sold on a public auction at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands Wednesday 12.00 o’clock 28 December 1836, dimensions 31,50 x 9,50 metres of 108 x 32,6 x 16 (hold) feet, 500 tons displacement, an armament of 18-21 guns and a crew numbering 90-102 men.
