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Monday, 25 August 2014

British 5th rate HMS Forte visited Willemstad, Curacao according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated Saturday 17 May 1823

An item reported the arrival at Willemstad, Curacao on last Monday of the British frigate Forte captain sir Thomas Cochrane coming from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, sending a boat to the shore and later departing again.(1)

Note
1. A 5th rate launched at the Woolwich Dockyard on 21 May 1814, broken up in October 1844 and with an armament of 38 guns.