An item referred to tidings dated 15th December 1866 dealing with the movements of the ships belonging to the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch screw steamship 1st class Zr.Ms. Zoutman captain lieutenant N.M.J. Kroef returned from her station at the West coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies at Onrust, Dutch East Indies and was now being prepared for the homeward bound voyage to the Netherlands.(1)
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1. Call sign GRDH, laid down at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 15 November 1859, launched in the afternoon of 20 September 1861 and condemned/stricken in 1871. Wood-built. Displacement 2.030 tons, as dimensions 58,00-62,84 x 12,25 x 5,50 metres, horsepower of 250 hp, a crew numbering 250 men and an armament consisting of 8 long 30 pd guns and 8-16 cm rifled guns. Her engines seemed in 1874 to be used for the Zr.Ms. Van Galen.
