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Sunday 21 June 2020

Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Sperwer departed Curacao towards St. Thomas according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 23 March 1850

An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Saturday the 16th of the Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Sperwer (1) captain lieutenant J.W.F. Frucht towards St. Thomas.(s)

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.