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Tuesday 10 December 2019

Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Juno serving as guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 10 August 1869

 Model (NG-MC-345) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

An item referred to an official tiding dated 15 June dealing wit the movements of the Dutch warships serving in the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch corvette Zr.Ms. Juno captain Jhr. J.E.W.F. van Raders served as guard ship in the roads of Surabaya.(1)

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1. Corvette 1st class , on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans 20 June 1833, launched 14 May 1839, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 29 March-17 April 1841, part of the Indies Military Navy since1 January 1868, guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies 18 September 1867-25 January 1870, sold at Surabaya on a public auction to the native Aridin for ƒ 16.700,00 on 2 July, dimensions 39,50 x 10,70 x 5,3 metres, 932 tons displacement, 22 (1869: 14 medium 30pd guns)-32 guns and a crew numbering 120 (1869) men.