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Saturday 16 August 2014

Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Sperwer underway from Panama towards Venezuela according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 14 September 1850

An item referred to tidings from the Dutch schooner Esther coming from Chagres (Panama) that the Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Sperwer captain lieutenant J.W.F. Frucht left Chagres on 14 August bound for Carthagena, Venezuela. She arrived the 13th of 14th at Chagres coming from Port-au-Prince and Haiti. Everything was well on board. (1)

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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.