Revolution and liberation · Travellers · Harbour and pier
A boat of USS Boston capsizes on the way back from Lerna
4 June 1831 Proven
A few days after the visit of the Constellation's officers, a boat from the American sloop USS Boston capsized in the gulf on its way back from Lerna.
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- Travellers, Harbour and pier
- Certainty
- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- E. C. Wines, Two Years and a Half in the American Navy, 1833, vol. II Open (opens in a new tab)
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