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Sunday 17 August 2014

French screw steam aviso 2nd class Salamandre revisited Willemstad, Curacao according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 27 January 1849

An item reported the arrival Willemstad, Curacao on 17 March 1848 of the French transport Salamandre commanded by L. Dupont coming from Puerto Cabello.(1)

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1. Screw steam aviso 2nd class. Laid down at Toulon in November 1844, launched on 2 October 1847, commissioned on 14 September and stricken 2 June 1871. With a displacement of 242 tons and as dimensions 35,00 (waterline) x 6,50 x 2,73 metres. With a speed of 9,5 knots, a crew numbering 74 men and an armament of 2-12 shll guns