Dutch paddle steamship Zr.Ms. Suriname returned at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands returning from the North Sea according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 4 June 1850

Model NG_MC-482. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

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An item dated Middelburg, Netherlands 3rd June reported the arrival on 31 May at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands by the Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Suriname lieutenant 1st class G. Fabius from cruising in the North Sea.(1)

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1. Paddle steamship 4th class, call sign GQVP, on stocks at the shipyard of the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij Fijenenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 15 April 1845, launched in December 1845, used for towing Dutch ships loaded with grain returning from Elsinore, Denmark in 1847, visited the Dutch West Indies/Surinam in 1847, served in the Dutch East Indies since 1851, stricken in 1875, iron-built hull and wood upper decks, dimensions 40,4 (between perpendiculars on load line) x 7,4 x 2,3 (fore)-2,7 (aft) x 4,56 (hold) metres, an armament of 6 guns and horsepower of 110 hp.