An item referred to letters of the Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Sperwer captain lieutenant J.W.F. Frucht dated 13th May 1852 while sailing in the British canal expected to arrive the next day at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands. Everything was well on board. She left Willemstad, Curacao on 11 April at 16.00 o’clock.(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.
