An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Saturday of the Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Ajax captain Van Zuilen van Nyveldt via Puerto Cabello and La Guayra towards Europe. At the same time departed the Spanish armed brigantine Mantua captain Francisco Tribino.(1)
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1. Department Harlingen, on stocks by P. Schuijt jr at naval yard at Harlingen, Netherlands March 1796, launched October or 18 November 1796, coppered 1798, coppered 1813, used for training cadets 1813-1815, out of service 28 February 1822, part of Colonial navy 1822, keel lighter 1823, broken up in the Dutch East Indies 1824, dimensions 115 x 32 3/11-32 9/11 x 18, 18-20 guns, and a crew numbering 99-140 men.