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Monday, 25 August 2014

American sloop USS Falmouth visited Willemstad, Curacao according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 16 July 1842

An item reported the arrival at Willemstad, Curacao on Tuesday afternoon the 12th of the American corvette USS Falmouth captain James McIntosh coming from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. On board was the W.M. Blackford representative for the USA at the Republic of New Granada. She left on Thursday morning towards Santa Martha.(1)

Note
1. Launched at the Boston Navy Yard on 3 November 1827, completed on 19 January 1828, commissioned on 24 May 1859 and finally sold in October 1863. With a displacement of 714 tons/703 long tons were her dimensions 39 x 10,29 x 4,9 metres or 127’x 33’9” x 16’. With a crew numbering 190 men and an armament consisting of 24-24 pd guns.