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Friday 15 August 2014

Dutch steamship Zr.Ms. Soembing screw steam 3rd class Zr.Ms. Soembing departed Curacao towards Bonaire according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 14 March 1868

Model Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands

An item reported the departure from Willemstad, Curacao on Monday the 9th by the Dutch steamship Zr.Ms. Soembing captain lieutenant J.J.A.D. Phaff towards Bonaire.(1)

Note
1. Screw steamship 3rd class, on stocks at navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands by L.K. Turk 17 June 1856, launched Saturday 29 November 1856, condemned  and converted into a coal hulk 1872, dimensions 41,00 (loadline)-43,73(loadline front bow-back rudder) x 8,40 (inner hull) x 3,5 (fore)-3,9 (aft) x 4,80 (depth) metres, 618 tons displacement, an armament of 6 guns (4 long 12 pd guns, 4 short 30 pd guns), a crew numbering 100 men and 100 hp horsepower.