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Sunday 31 August 2014

British brig sloop HMS Espiegle departed Curacao towards St. Thomas according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 12 September 1829

An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Tuesday 8th of the British corvette HMS Espiegle (1) towards St. Thomas.(2)

Notes
1. Brig sloop of the Cruizer-class, launched at the shipyard of Bailey, Ipswich, England 10 August 1812, sold in 1832 with an armament of 18 guns.
2. Former Danish colony, nowadays part of the US Virgin Islands.