An item reported the arrival at Willemstad, Curacao on Saturday 2nd of the French screw steamship Le Du Chayla captain du Rousseau de Fayolle coming van Sta. Martha and leaving in the afternoon of the 8th to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.(1)
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1. Screw spar deck steam corvette 1st class, laid down at Lorient, France on 2 January 1852, launched on 19 March 1855, ex le Volta renamed 16 May, commissioned 12 October and stricken 4 November 1875. Wood-built. With a displacement of 1.945 tons and as dimensions 60,60 (waterline)-63,52 (deck) x 10,90 (moulded)-11,14 (maximum) x 4,91 (mean)-5,51 (maximum) x 4,52 (depth) metres. Speed 10,36 knots. Her crew numbered 251 men and with an original armament of 14-30 pd guns and2-22cm shell guns. Designer Guieysse.
