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Monday, 30 September 2013

The Portuguese navy according to Simmonds colonial magazine in 1842

Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the public for several reasons. That's quite a pity while these books contains useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor accessible.

P. 333: “
ships Don Joao VI, 74 guns. 631 men, in ordinary, ship Vasco da Gama, 74 guns, 631 men, in ordinary,
frigates Duchess of Braganza, 50 guns, 402 men, stationed at Belem, Diana, 50 guns, 402 men, at the Sailor’s Depot, Raina, 46 guns, 383 men, being repaired, Don Pedro, 56 guns, 404 men, in ordinary, Donna Maria II, 42 guns, 160 men, on her way to Goa
corvettes 8 de Julho, 24 guns, 150 men, stationed at Angola, Don Joao I, 24 guns, 177 men, in Brazil, Urania, 24 guns, 170m men, in Algarve, Isabel Maria, 24 guns, being repaired, Infante Regente, 24 guns, in Goa where she belonged, Iris, in the docks

brigs Audar, 20 guns, 130 men, in Angola, Villa Flor, 16 guns, 89 men, in the Azores, Don Pedro, 16 guns, 100 men, in the Tagus, Tejo, 20 guns, 130 men, being repaired,
East Indiamen Cinco de Julho, 48 guns, 200 men, being repaired, Magnanimo, 26 guns, 160 men, returning from Macao, Princese Real, 26 guns, 160 men, in ordinary, Principe Real, 2 guns, 80 men, underway to Angola, Liberal, 13 guns, 60 men, in the Azores
schooners Liberal, 13 guns, 60 men, underway to Algarve, Amelia, 10 guns, 60 men, in the Azores, Esperanza, 8 guns, 45 men, in Madeira, Fayal, 6 guns, 40 men, in the Cape de Verde islands , Faro, 8 guns, 60 men, in ordinary, Boavista, 1 gun, at the Prince Island where she belonged, Cabo Verde, 1 gun, at the Cape de Verde islands where she belonged, Ninfa, 1 gun, at Angola where she belonged
steamship Terceira, 2 guns, 50 men, being repaired
packet brig S. Boa Ventura, 2 guns, 39 men, returning from Bisac
cutter Andorinha, 6 guns, 20 men, in the Tagus.”

Source
Peter Lund Simmons. Simmond’s colonial magazine and foreign miscellany, volume 1, January-April 1844, London.