Tender sent by the Dutch shipyard Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands on 8 February 1910, ordered for account of the Dutch Department of Colonies on 8 February 1910, do be delivered on 23 March 1911 ready for a trial, keel laid down on the upper part of the south slope on 18 June 1910, in the thrushes on 8 October 1910, planked on 7 October 1911, boilers placed on 6 September 1911, planking was delayed due to late delivery of the needed teak, launched on 8 November 1911, berthed trial on 7-8 December 1911, official trial on 20 December 1911, delivered on 2 February 1912, departed towards the Dutch East Indies on 6 February 1912, scuttled by her own crew at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies on 2 March 1942, salvaged by the Japanese and taken into service as Abatoe Maru and sunk by Indonesia in the Bay of Batavia while she was useless on 6 January 1950.
Dimensions 50,00 (between perpendiculars)-52 (over all) x 9,50 (outside wooden shell) x 3,10-3,18 (full loaded) x 4,30 (height kuildek)-6,80 below maindeck metres or 164’0”-170’5” x 31’2” x 10’2”-10’5” x 14’0¼”-22’4”. Displacement 538 (launching)-807-892 (maximum) tons. Gross tonnage 748,734 tons and net 236,974 tons. Two decks, Her crew numbered 47 men. Coal bunker capacity 110 ton. Two masts. Displacement at launching 538 tons met engine and boilers on board and a draught of 1,64 (fore)-2,93 (aft). One screw. Fitted out with 1 triple 3 cylinder compound engine nr. 276 of 800 ihp (contracted) and the cylindrical boilers nrs. 583-584. During the trial was a speed of 12,4 miles achieved with 1.140 hp at 165 rpm, a draught of 3,00 metres and a displacement of 775 tons. Steel built with a teak made shell and below the waterline coppered.
Source
Order administration Archive Kon. Mij. De Schelde 1875-1970 (Municipality Archive Vlissingen, Netherlands).
