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Wednesday 15 April 2015

British screw steam gunboat HMS Ringdove underway from England towards Batavia, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 4 February 1891

An item reported the passing on 30 January of Nieuw Anjer, Dutch East Indies [nowadays Anyer] by the British steam warship Ringdove underway from Plymouth, England towards Batavia, Dutch East Indies.(1)

Note
1. Screw steam gunboat of the Redbreast-class, laid down at the Devonport Dockyard on 1 June 1888, launched on 30 April 1889 and sold in 1920.