An item referred to tidings received from Willemstad, Curacao reporting that on the Sunday before the British destroyer Fraser (1) embarked a contingent troops. After arrival of 500 men of the western powers was for all West Indies islands state of siege declared.
Note
1. A Canadian destroyer acquired as the British destroyers HMS Crescent on 20 October 1936, commissioned on 17 February 1937 with pennant H48 and sunk in a collision with HMS Calcutta in the Gironde estuary, France on 25 June 1940. Building ordered on 30 January 1930 under the 1929 naval Programme, laid down by Vickers-Armstrong, barrow-in-Furness, England on 1 December 1930, launched on 29 September 1931, completed on 15 April 1932 and commissioned on 21 April 1932.
Note
1. A Canadian destroyer acquired as the British destroyers HMS Crescent on 20 October 1936, commissioned on 17 February 1937 with pennant H48 and sunk in a collision with HMS Calcutta in the Gironde estuary, France on 25 June 1940. Building ordered on 30 January 1930 under the 1929 naval Programme, laid down by Vickers-Armstrong, barrow-in-Furness, England on 1 December 1930, launched on 29 September 1931, completed on 15 April 1932 and commissioned on 21 April 1932.
