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Sunday 31 August 2014

British 5th rate HMS Shannon departed Curacao towards Antigua according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 20 June 1829

An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao by the British frigate HMS Shannon captain Clementi towards Antigua.(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.