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Wednesday 15 April 2015

British screw steam gunboat HMS Pigmy departed Dutch East Indies towards Singapore according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 7 July 1893

An item dated Batavia, Dutch East Indies 7th reported the departure of the British steam warship Pigmy captain Phillips towards Singapore.(1)

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1. Composite screw steam gunboat launched at the Sheerness Dockyard, England on 27 July 1889, sold to Cox, Falmouth, England on 4 April 1905, armed with 6-4” guns.