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Wednesday, 2 December 2015

American steam frigate USS Niagara stationed at Vlissingen, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissings Weekblad dated Saturday 27 May 1865

An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands 26th reported that on Sunday afternoon the American steam frigate Niagara (1) commodore J. Craver returned in the roads and would be stationed for a while at Vlissingen. The commodore visited the Dutch rear admiral at the navy yard who later visited with a Dutch general of the 5th military department the Niagara.

Note
1. Screw steam frigate launched at the New York Navy, USA on 23 February 1855, commissioned on 6 April 1857, decommissioned on 28 September 1864, berthed since then on the Boston Navy Yard and finally sold on 6 May 1885. Her armament consisted of 12-11”/28cm Dahlgren smoothbore guns.
2. Thomas Tingey Craven (30 December 1808 Washington, D.C., USA-23 August 1887 Boston, Massachusetts, USA), ended his career on the rank of rear-admiral?