An item reported the departure on last Sunday (22nd) of the Dutch schooner Zr.Ms. Schorpioen lieutenant 1st class C.J. Damme with on board mr. A.M. de Rouville with 3 children and a nanny.(1) From St. Thomas he would travel with a British steam packet back to the Netherlands.(2)
Notes
1. On stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands on 9 May 1845, launched on 1 February 1847, decommissioned in Surinam 1 December 1864, described as condemned 1865, sold Wednesday for ƒ 2.100 to J. de Leeuw Caupain 17th May 1865, dimensions 27,00 x 8,30 x 3,20 metres, 198 tons displacement and an armament of 3 guns.
2. The island Sankt Thomas is part of the of the United States Virgin islands.
