Model NG-MC-375, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam,
Netherlands. Original url
An item referred to a tiding
dated 14 April 1866 supplying more details dealing with the activities of the
ships belonging to the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch
corvette Zr. Ms. Cachelot captain J.W. de Ruyter de Wildt served as guard ship
in the roads of Macassar, Dutch East Indies.(1)
Note
1. Brig 1st class, call sign
GQCF, on stocks at navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands by A.E. Tromp on 4
September 1844, launched Saturday 28 June 1851, transferred to the Indies
Military Navy 1 January 1868, condemned and sold on a public auction at
Surabaya, Dutch East Indies for ƒ 8.000 to Mr. Nicolaï on 4 February 1871,
dimensions 30,50 (load line between perpendiculars) x 9,50 (inner hull) x 4,0
(fore)-4,3 (aft) x 4,71 (hold) metres, 499,5 tons displacement and an armament
of 10-12 (30 pd grenade guns).
