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 1st
class Zr.Ms. Prinses Amelia captain lieutenant Jhr. M.W. Bowier was lying in
the dry dock at Onrust to be examined.
Note
1. Borneo, ‘kuil’corvette, on stocks at the navy yard
at Rotterdam, Netherlands 30 August 1845, designed by K. Turk, disassembled and
transported to the navy yard of Vlissingen, Netherlands August 1850, laid down
by P.A. Bruin 29 July 1853, launched as Princes Amelia as corvette with steam
power afternoon Friday 12 October 1855, guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East
Indies 1872-1875, condemned and sold on auction at Surabaya for ƒ 20.000 to be
broken up on 9 October 1875, dimensions 36,50 x 10,3metres as Borneo and as
Prinses Amelia 51 x 11,5 x 5-5,6 (1874) metres, displacement, 776
(Borneo)-1.350 (Prinses Amelia) tons, 807 tonnage (Prinses Amelia 1874), 16-19
(Prinses Amelia)-28 (Borneo) guns, crew as Prinses Amelia numbering 178
(1874)-207 men, maximum speed under steam 6-7knots and a horsepower of 150 hp.
