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Friday, 9 September 2011

The Russian auxiliary cruiser Rion in the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indie daily edition dated 15 June 1905

The police force at Tandjong Priok was strengthened to control the coal loading of the Russian auxiliary cruiser Rion. (1)

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1. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cruisers_of_the_Russian_Navy#Non-protected_.26_auxiliary_cruisers was the Rion the former Dobroft liner Smolensk from 1901.