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Saturday 6 September 2014

British 6th rate HMS Ranger visited Willemstad, Curacao according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 16 May 1829

An item reported the arrival at Willemstad, Curacao of the British frigate HMS Ranger captain W. Walpla coming from Antigua.(1)

Note
1. 6th Rate launched at the Portsmouth dockyard, England on 7 December 1820, sold to J. Jackson in November 1832 and with a builders measurement of 502 tons tons and an armament of 28 guns.