In the order administration dated 20 July 1883 was the order for account of the Dutch Department of Navy board Amsterdam described as the delivery of a steam steering gear Bow McLachlan’s Patent for the Dutch ram turret Zr. Ms. Stier.(1) Contracted price ƒ 11.4000. Building costs totally ƒ 7.141,22 (steering gear ƒ 4.287,50, material ƒ 874,26, labour ƒ 911,62, 53% expenses on labour ƒ 473,16, travel+cargo costs ƒ 594,68) resulting in a profit of ƒ 4.258,78.
Note
1. Call sign GQVL, on stocks
at Brothers Laird, Birkenhead,
England 7 June
1867, launched 9 April 1868. Trial 18 August 1868. Commissioned 18 August 1869.
Dimensions 59.43 x 11.58 x 4.87m, displacement 2112 tons, speed 12.46 knots,
2257 ihp. Armed with 2-23cm guns, 1882 rearmed with 1-28cm guns and 7-3.7cm
guns. Armour belt 76-152mm, gun turrets 203-280mm, command turret 114mm, deck
19-25mm. Crew original 110, later 137 men. Fitted out with 2 engines, each with
two cylinders and 4 boilers. Building costs ƒ 1.136.470. Destined for service
in Dutch coastal waters and made never trips to foreign countries. In 1882
large repairs at the naval yard at Amsterdam.
In 1908 disarmed and laid up. Seven years later in service as magazine at the
naval yard at Willemsoord [Den Helder].
In 1925 used as target for bombs dropped by aeroplanes. August-September 1930
partly dismantled by navy divers with explosives.
Source
Archive Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 1875-1970
(Municipality Archive Vlissingen T.214.1216).
