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Sunday 10 August 2014

Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Zwaluw departed Willemstad, Curacao according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated Saturday 14 December 1822

An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Monday f the Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Zwaluwe captain Bodel towards Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.(1)

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1. Laid down at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans June 1816, launched September 1817, coppered 1817, commissioned by royal order 16 October, served in the West and Dutch East Indies, condemned and sold on a public auction at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands Wednesday 12.00 o’clock 28 December 1836, dimensions 31,50 x 9,50 metres of 108 x 32,6 x 16 (hold) feet, 500 tons displacement, an armament of 18-21 guns and a crew numbering 90-102 men.