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Wednesday 22 October 2014

Dutch screw steamship 4th class Zr.Ms. Haarlemmermeer stationed at Borneo, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 10 August 1869


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 screw steamship 4th class Zr.Ms. Haarlemmermeer lieutenant 1st class G.W.C. Voorduyn was stationed in the South and Eastern Department of Borneo.(1)

Note
1. Sscrew steamship 4th class, on stocks at navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands 9 July 1859, launched Friday afternoon 23 March 1860, commissioned 16 August 1860, condemned and ordered 8 June 1870 no. 15 to sell hull with rigging and useless inventory, engines stored at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, building costs ƒ 255.916,53½, dimensions 38,00-40,70 x 8,16 x 3,20 metres, 586 tons displacement, tonnage 285 tons, coal bunker capacity 50 ton or 5 days full speed, 6 guns (2 medium 30 pd guns, 4-30pd carronades), 25-75 men, 80/200 nph horsepower and maximum speed under steam 6-7 knots.