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Monday, 7 December 2015

Dutch warships Zr. Ms. Adolf van Nassau and Coehoorn arrived in the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche courant dated 9 September 1865



 Dutch screw steamship Adolf, Hertog van Nassauodel NG-MC-1144 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherland. Original url

An item reported that the Dutch steam frigate Zr. Ms. Adolf van Nasau (1) captain O.A. Uhlenbeck (2) arrived on 17 March 1865 at Batavia, Dutch East Indies and the Dutch screw steamship Zr. Ms. Coehoorn (3) lieutenant 1st class W.F.L. de Vriese on 29 March 1865 at Anjer, Dutch East Indies.

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1. Screw steamship 1st class, call sign GQBL, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands on 4 December 1858, launched on Saturday 14.00 o’clock 8 June 1861, guard ship at Willemsoord, Netherlands since 1 October 1877, decommissioned on 27 February 1918, used as accommodation for the army, sold to the city of Den Helder, Netherlands in February 1919 with the intention to be broken up for her timber which was as fuel then distributed to the population, in March 1919 were unemployed busy with breaking her up. Wood-built. Displacement 3.750 tons, dimensions 62,36 (between perpendiculars)-72,86 (over all) x 15,72 x 6,80 metres, horsepower 450 hp, 3 masts, 1 funnel and a crew numbering500 men. Armament 51 guns and as guard ship 6-12cm K.A. guns.
2. Olke Arnoldus Uhlenbeck (18 March 1810 Colombo, Ceylon-26 March 1888 The Hague, Netherlands), retired in 1874 in the rank of vice-admiral.
3. Screw steamship 4th class, call sign GQFP, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1 August 1860, launched 19 or 20 March 1862, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 20-27 July and 12-15 October 1863, 1-2 August 1864 and 9-12 September 1872, departed from shipyard towards sea in 1864, handed over the Indies Military Navy 1 January 1868, stricken 1874, building costs ƒ 255.304,09½, dimensions 38,00 (between perpendiculars)-40,70 (over all) x 8,18 x 3,20 metres, 586 tons displacement, 6 guns (2medium 30pd guns, 4-30pd carronades) and a crew numbering 75 men, 80 npk/200epk horsepower, speed 6-7 knots.