Translate

Thursday 23 April 2015

Dutch screw steamship 4th class Haarlemmermeer stationed at the East coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 5 February 1867

Model NG-MC-1145, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original url

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 4th class Haarlemmermeer lieutenant 1st class J.W.F. Frucht stationed at the East coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.(1)

Note
1. Screw steamship 4th class, call sign GQKD, on stocks at navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands 9 July 1859, launched Friday afternoon 23 March 1860, commissioned 16 August 1860, condemned and ordered 8 June 1870 no. 15 to sell hull with rigging and useless inventory, engines stored at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, building costs ƒ 255.916,53½, dimensions 38,00-40,70 x 8,16 x 3,20 metres, 586 tons displacement, tonnage 285 tons, coal bunker capacity 50 ton or 5 days full speed, 6 guns (2 medium 30 pd guns, 4-30pd carronades), 25-75 men, 80/200 nph horsepower and maximum speed under steam 6-7 knots.