An item dated Middelburg, Netherlands the 5th reported the departure from Den Helder, Netherlands on the 1st of the Dutch steamship Zr.Ms. Hekla lieutenant 1st class Coertzen towards the Dutch East Indies.(1)
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1. Paddle steamship 3rd class first called steam warship, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 8 September 1838, launched 16 or 18 April 1840, commissioned 1 October 1840, condemned in the Dutch East Indies in 1854, dimensions 43,00 (between perpendiculars) x 8,40 x 4,10 metres 7 guns, coal bunker capacity 11 days, daily coal consumption 11.500 Dutch ponds and a horsepower of 140 hp.
