An item dated Batavia,
Dutch East Indies 23rd reported the arrival of the British steam
warship Orion captain Carr coming from Singapore. The edition dated 7th
reported her departure back towards towards Singapore.(1)
Note
1. Battleship of the Belleisle-class , laid down at
the shipyard of Samuda Brothers. Cubitt
Town, England
as the Bourdjou-Zaffer for Turkish account in 1875, purchased by the British
government in 1878, launched on 23 January 1879, completed on 3 July 1882 and
broken up in 1913. With a crew numbering 249 men. Her armament consisted of
4-12”/30,5cm muzzle loading rifles, 4-20pd breech loading guns and 2 torpedo
carriages.
