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Thursday 11 February 2016

Dutch brig Zr. Ms. Cachelot visiting Japanese ports according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 1 March 1861

Model NG-MC-375, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original link

An item dated The Hague, Netherlands 28th February referred to tidings of 15th January dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies.

The brig Zr. Ms. Cachelot captain lieutenant J. van Gogh was on 24th November 1860 in the roads of Nagasaki, Japan with the intention to depart towards Jedo, Japan.(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).