An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Monday the 3rd of the American corvette USS Natchez captain Claxton towards Maracaibo.(1)
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1. Sloop. Launched at the Norfolk Navy Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA in 1827 and broken up at the New York Navy yard in 1840. With a displacement of 203 tons/200 long tons were her dimensions 39 (between perpendiculars) x 10,21 x 5,03 metres or 127’x 33’6” x 16’6”. A crew of 190 men and an armament consisting of 18 guns.
