In the order administration dated 2 May 1882 was the order for account of the Dutch Department of Navy board Amsterdam described as the delivery of a steam- and hand steering gears for the screw steam ship 1st class Zr. Ms. Van Speijk (1) for a contracted price of ƒ 23.250. Building costs totally ƒ 16.774,26 (steering gear ƒ 7.112,90, material ƒ 2.786,81, labour ƒ 3.520,30, 80 % expenses on labour ƒ 2.816,21, travel and transport costs ƒ 5.38,04) resulting in a profit of 6,475,74.
Note
1. Also called frigate, call sign GRBK, on stocks at
the naval yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 9 February 1880, launched on 7 June
1882, commissioned on 1 March 1887, decommissioned on 6 September 1897 and
stricken, converted into accommodation ship for the shipyard division at Den Helder,
Netherlands in 1904, transferred from Den Helder to the Coenhaven, Amsterdam,
Netherlands in 1942 and sold to be broken up at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht begin March
1946. Displacement 3.575 ton, horsepower 2.891 hp, speed 14,25 miles, her crew
numbered 280 men and an armament of 6-17cm guns, 8-12cm guns. Iron-built and
wood-planked. The engines and boilers were manufactured by the Koninklijke
Fabriek van Stoom- en andere werktuigen te Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Source
Archive Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 1875-1970
(Municipality Archive Vlissingen T.214.1216).
