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Wednesday 2 September 2015

New commanding officers for the Dutch warships Zr.Ms. Cycloop and Gedeh according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant Thursday 3 April 1851

Gedeh. RvM

Cycloop, RvM

Cucloop. Model NG-MC-480Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Original url

Cycloop. Model NG-MC-541 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Paddlebox with above a life-boat

An item dated Middelburg, Netherlands 2nd reported that captain lieutenant A.J. de Smit van den Broecke commanding officer of the Dutch steamship Zr.Ms. Cycloop was appointed as commanding officer of the steamship Zr. Ms. Gedeh (2) lying at Vlissingen, Netherlands which was to be commissioned on 16 April. He was replaced by lieutenant 1st class H. Wipff. 

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1. Paddle steamship 2nd/3rd class, call sign GQHB, on stocks at navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands by A.E. Tromp on 23 July 1840, commissioned on 1 June 1843, launched on 13 June, refitted to be used as transport for royalties in 1845, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 11-14 September 1850, 13-February-2 September and 15 November-1 December 1856 and 29 July-1 August 1861, transferred to the Indische Militaire Marine in 1867, condemned and stricken 1873, dimensions 47,00 (on load lone between perpendiculars) x 8,95 (inner hull) x 3,5 (medium) x 5,36 (hold amidships to main deck) metres, 875 tons displacement, 2 masts,1 funnel, 6 guns (consisting of 1-20cm grenade gun, 1 rifled 16cm gun, 4-30 pd carronades, according to Obreen in wartime 2-20“grenade guns, 4 medium 30pd guns, in peace time 2 long 30pd guns, 2-medium 30pd guns and 10-1pd swivels)), 220 hp horsepower and a crew numbering 90-100 men.
2. Paddle steamship 1st class, first called steam warship, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 25 October 1846, launched 26 April 1850, commissioned 16 April 1851, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 13-30 January 1857, in worse condition in , laid up at Surabaya and sold at the navy establishment on Saturday 29 November to be broken up 1862, served also in the Dutch East Indies, dimensions 56.00 (between perpendiculars) x 10.70 x 4.80 metres, displacement of 1.486 tons, an armament of 8 guns and 300 hp horsepower.