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Saturday 9 August 2014

British steam gun vessel HMS Woodlark visited Willemstad, Curacao according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 29 January 1876

An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Saturday the 22nd of the British steam warship HMS Woodlark commanded by Stoker towards Kingston, Jamaica.(1)

Note
1. Wood-built screw steam gun vessel of the Plover-class, building ordered in 1878, launched at the Chatham Dockyard, England on 9 march 1871and sold at Bombay, British Indies on 9 March 1887.The horsepower of 881 ihp allowed a speed of 10,802 knots. General specifications of her class were a displacement of 774 tons with as dimensions 148’-170’ x 29 x 15 x 9’4”-10’6” (draught). The armament consisted of 1-7” gun placed amidships and 2-4o pd guns, one and one after.