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Saturday 4 April 2020

Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Sperwer switching between St. Thomas, Curacao and Venezuela according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 13 April 1850

An item reported the arrival at Willemstad, Curacao in the afternoon of  Saturday 6th of the Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Sperwer (1) captain lieutenant J.W.F. Frucht returning from St. Thomas (2) and departing to La Gueyra, Venezuela on the 12th.()

Notes
1. Brig 1st class, laid down at the navy yard at Vlisingen, Netherlands on 13 May 1840, launched on 9 May 1845, dry docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 13-18 April 1849, 10-18 June 185225 February-4 March 1857, 1-4 June 1860 and 13-16 October 1868, stricken 1873, displacement of 546 tons and as dimensions 31,50 x 9,50 x 4,50 metres, an armament of 18 guns and a crew of 100 men.
2. The island Sankt Thomas than former Danish colony nowadays part of the of the United States Virgin islands.