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Thursday, 24 September 2015

Dutch paddle steamship Zr. Ms. Ardjoeno arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies coming from the Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated Thursday 21 August 1851

An item reported the arrival of the Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Ardjoeno captain lieutenant A.J. Voet on 26th May at Batavia, Dutch East Indies coming from Vlissingen, Netherlands.(1)

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1. Steam warship, call sign GQCK, on stocks at Amsterdam, Netherlands 4 February 1849 as Pluto, launched on 1 or 2 September 1849, renamed Ardjoeno in December 1849, engines manufactured by the N.S.M. (decided 26 August 1847 for ƒ 210.979,00 to deliver on 15 March 1849), trial on 28 April 1850, departed on 28 December 1850 towards the Dutch East Indies, arrived there on 26 May 1851, stricken 1873, dimensions 56,00 x 10,70 x 4,80 metres, displacement 1.486 tons and a horsepower of 300 hp.