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 Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Admiraal van Kinsbergen lieutenant 1st class C.A.B.D. Rijk was part of the ships added to the expeditionary force in the southern and eastern department of Borneo. Dutch East Indies. Departed on 28 November ‘in commission’ towards Macassar, Dutch East Indies returning on 7 December 1860 at Bandjermasin, Dutch East Indies. She was stationed on 28 December 1860 off the Mengkatib, Dutch East Indies.(1)
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1. Call sign GQBN, built at the shipyard of the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij at Rotterdam, Netherlands but apparently disassembled and assembled at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies in 1853-1854, commissioned on 7 May 1853, docked at Bandjermassing, Dutch East Indies 21 August-15 September 1877, decommissioned 25 December 1877 at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, condemned, displacement 293 tons and as dimensions 45,72 x 6,50-12,40 (over side wheels) x 1,70 metres, horsepower 70 hp, armament one 30 pd gun and a crew numbering 43 men (1877).
