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Sunday 31 January 2016

Dutch paddle steamship 4th class Zr. Ms. Onrust in 1880 according to the Colonial Account [Dutch East Indies] over 1881

Iron-built. Launched in 1863. Draught 2,0 metres. Armament consisted of 3 guns. Horsepower 80 nhp. Maximum speed under steam during a watch of 4 hours 6 geographic miles.(1)

Note
1. Call sign GQPN, iron-built. on stocks at the shipyard of Ned. Stoomboot Mij. Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 15 September 1860, launched in 1863 with yard number 62, disassembled, transported to the Dutch East Indies and in 1863 at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies  assembled, decommissioned on 1 September 1892, stricken 1892, sold for ƒ 8.400 to Kwee Hap Tik at the naval establishment at Surabaya at 10.00 o’clock on Saturday 4 March 1893, dimensions 45,72 x 6,50-12,4 (over paddle wheels) x 1,70m, 293 tons displacement, 3 (1-30pd, 2-12cm carronades)-4 (1885: 2-12cm, 2-7cm rifled )guns, horsepower 80 hp and a crew numbering 43-67 (45 Europeans and 22 natives) men.

Source
Dutch House of Representatives. Colonial Account [Dutch East Indies] over 1881.5.8 Attachment F. Royal Netherlands Navy in the Dutch East Indies in 1880.