The Marnix in later years
An item reported the arrival of the Dutch screw steamship Zr. Ms. Marnix captain lieutenant H. Dyserinck on 4th February at Monrovia, Liberia with the intention to depart on the 12th towards Surinam. Everything was well on board.(1)
Note
1. Screw steamship 2nd class, call sign GQNM, laid down at the navy yard of Amsterdam on 1 May 1865, launched on 6 June 1867,commissioned 1 July 1868?, decommissioned on 16 February 1886, engines and boilers removed and fitted out as accommodation ship for torpedo personnel at Willemsoord, Netherlands and commissioned on 26 March 1888, decommissioned on 16 November 1908, sold at Willemsoord for ƒ 19.003 to Oudkerk and Van Praag, Den Helder, Netherlands to be broken up on 24 June 1910. With a displacement of 1.488 tons were her dimensions 60,60 x 9,70 x 4,90 metres. With a horsepower of 280 nhp/770 ehp was her speed 10 miles. Her crew numbered 130 men. The armament consisted of 2-15cm guns and 4-12cm guns. Building costs ƒ 677.007,55. Served also in the Dutch East Indies.
