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Wednesday 18 March 2020

British screw steam sloop HMS Wasp captured Arabian slaver according to the Dutch newspaper De Tijd dated 11 October 1865

An item reported that the armed boats of the British brig HMS Wasp captured off the Seychelles after a fierce fight an Arabian vessel with on board 287 slaves.(1)

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1. Wood-built screw steam sloop launched at the Deptford dockyard, England on 28 May 1850, sold on 2 December 1869 with a 973 tons builders measurement and an armament of 12 guns.