An item reported that the berthed trial on 23 January with the triple compound engine and boiler of the Dutch paddle steam ship Barito was successful. She was built at the shipyard de Maatschappij de Maas at Surabaya for the Government navy. According to the contract was her engine to supply 400 ihp with 34 rpms, during the test was a average horsepower of 403 ihp with 29,4 rpms developed.(1)
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1. A.J. Vermeulen. De schepen van de koninklijke marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962 wrote she was built at the naval establishment at Surabaya designed for river duties. Commissioned on 22 October 1894. With a displacement of 316,9 tons were her dimensions 41,97 x 7,47 x 2,20 metres. The engine supplied 307 ihp allowing a speed of 10,63 miles. Her crew consisted of 4 European and 22 native crewmembers. Was armed with 2-5cm guns.
