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Saturday 6 September 2014

British brig sloop HMS Rifleman visited Willemstad, Curacao according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated Saturday 14 March 1818

An item reported arrival at Willemstad, Curacao on last Monday of the British brig HMS Rifleman captain Duff coming from Jamaica aver escorting a schooner to Maracaibo, Venezuela. She entered Willemstad to repair the damage of her rigging caused by heavy weather. On Wednesday she departed towards St. Martha and Jamaica.