An item dated London 19 April referred to the last tidings received from the HMS Barham, flagship of vice admiral Fleeming dealing with the death figures among the sailors serving on the West Indies Station caused by the climate. On board of the Barham exceeded the number of deaths not the number of 20 and dealing with the 2.700 men serving on the ships of the squadron in the last 3 years not the number of 200 men.(1)
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1. 3rd Rate launched at the shipyard of Perry, Wells&Green, Blackwall, England on 8 July 1811, reduced to a 50-gun ship in December 1826, broken up in September 1840, original armament of 74 guns and a builders measurement of 1.761 tons. The edition dated 18 May 1844 mentioned that the British razeed ship of the line HMS Barham was repaired at the shipyard of H. van der Meulen&Co. on Curacao, Dutch West Indies without supplying the year, but probably in 1829 after she run aground at Bonaire, Dutch West Indies.
