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Sunday 25 May 2014

Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Zwaluw arrived at Surinam coming St. Eustatius according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 19 June 1828

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands the 14th reported the arrival in April of the Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Zwaluw lieutenant Ampt at Surinam coming from St. Eastatius with on board commissary geneal Van den Bosch.(1)

Note
1. Laid down in June 1816 by P. Glavimans at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands, launched in September 1817, last mentioned 1836,  dimensions 31,50 x 9,50 metres (or 108 x 32,6 x 16 (hold) feet), a displacement of 500 tons and an armament of 18 guns.