The iron steamboat Zr. Ms. Hekla which was like earlier reported assembled at the navy yard at Surabaya was 24 December 1836 with success launched. Her medium draught was nearly 1½ British foot. It was suspected that her maximum draught when she was prepared for actual service included guns, rigging and crew would not exceed the 2 feet. This small iron paddle was ship was especially build as a pirate hunter.(1)
Note
1. The Banda, paddle steamship, ex-Hekla renamed 1841,iron-built, built for account of the Department for Colonies, laid down at the shipyard of the Ned. Stoomboot Mij. At Rotterdam, Netherlands 24 December 1836, launched in February 1838, disassembled and transported with the sailing ship Neerlands Koning towards the Dutch East Indies in 1841, assembled at the navy yard at Surabaya, especially built for chasing pirates, one engine, horsepower 40 nhp, coal bunker capacity 4 days, broken up in 1843 or stricken in 1846, her engines reused for the dock in 1848?
Note
1. The Banda, paddle steamship, ex-Hekla renamed 1841,iron-built, built for account of the Department for Colonies, laid down at the shipyard of the Ned. Stoomboot Mij. At Rotterdam, Netherlands 24 December 1836, launched in February 1838, disassembled and transported with the sailing ship Neerlands Koning towards the Dutch East Indies in 1841, assembled at the navy yard at Surabaya, especially built for chasing pirates, one engine, horsepower 40 nhp, coal bunker capacity 4 days, broken up in 1843 or stricken in 1846, her engines reused for the dock in 1848?
