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Sunday 14 February 2016

Dutch schooner brig Zr. Ms. Rembang stationed at Borneo, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 1 March 1861

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 schooner brig Zr. Ms. Rembang lieutenant 1st class F.J. Abresch stationed in the Southern and Eastern department of Borneo in the Koetei river, Dutch East Indies was according to the latest tidings lying in the roads of Samarinde, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Brigantine, on stocks at navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 20 November 1848, launched 12 April 1850, rebuilt in Dutch East Indies as floating battery in 1858 ?, sold on a public auction by John Pryce&Co., at the naval establishment at Onrust, Dutch East Indies at 09.00 o’clock on Monday 21 October 1861, dimensions 28,50 x 8,70 x 3,30 metres, 252 tons displacement and an armament of 6 guns.