An item reported the passing of Vlissingen, Netherlands a day earlier by the American frigate 1st class Niagara commodore C. Craver towards Antwerp, Belgium. She was described as an armoured frigate of more as 4.000 tons, 2.400 hp horsepower and a crew numbering 650 men.(1)
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1. Screw steam frigate, launched at the New York Navy Yard on 23 February 1855, commissioned on 6 April 1857, decommissioned on 28 September 1864 and sold on 6 May 1855. The armament consisted of 12-11/29cm smoothbore Dahlgren guns.
