British screw steam sloop HMS Egeria underway from the Dutch East Indies towards Mauritius according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode 29th September 1887

An item dated 27^th reported the passing of Nieuw Anjer [nowadays Anyer, Indonesia] by the British steam warship Egeria underway from Batavia, Dutch East Indies towards Mauritius.(1)

Note

1. Composite screw steam sloop launched at the Pembroke Dock on 1 November 1873, survey ship since October 1886, sold to the Vancouver Navy League in November 1911 and sold to be broken up in 1914. After she was beached at Burret Inlet she was deliberately set afire using oil. Original with an armament of 2-7” guns and 2-64pd guns.