An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Tuesday the 25th of the British steam warship HMS Eclipse commanded by Erskins towards Santa Martha.(1)
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1. 1st Class barque rigged screw steam gun vessel of the Cormorant-class with as general specifications a displacement of 877 tons, a builders measurement of 694 66/94 tons burthen and as dimensions 50,5 (keel)-56,4 (over all0 x 8,6 x 3,4-3,7 x 4,3 (depth of hold) metres or 167’7¼”-185’0” x 28’4”x 14’0’x 11’-12’. With a speed of 11 knots, a crew numbering 90 men consisted the armament of 1-7”/110pd Armstrong gun, 1-68pd smoothbore gun and 2-20pd Armstrong guns, all breech loading guns except for the 68-pdr. The building of the Eclipse at the shipyard of J. Scott Russell&Co., Mitchell, England was ordered on 14 June 1859, laid down on 8 August, launched on 18 September 1860, decommissioned 8167 and the same year in July broken up at Sheerness. England.
