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Sunday, 14 February 2016

Dutch screw steam ship 2nd class Zr. Ms. Citadel van Antwerpen was stationed off Celebes, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 1 March 1861

Model Citadel van Antwerpen NG-MC-1077 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands. Original link

Zr. Ms. Gedeh

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 screw steamship Zr. Ms. Citadel van Antwerp (1) captain lieutenant G.P.J. Mossel stationed in the waters of Celebes, Dutch East Indies was replaced by the steamship Zr. Ms. Gedeh and arrived in the meantime at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies for some repairs.(2)

Notes
1. Call sign GQFK, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands as the Dordrecht on 19 February 1856, launched in 1857, renamed Citadel van Antwerpen in 1868, lengthened with 2 metres >1865-1868<, decommissioned on 1 January 1878, converted into a hulk to be used during the building of a lighthouse on the Meindertsdroogte, Dutch East Indies in 1878, costs when first fitted out ƒ 517.000,00, displacement 1.780 tons, dimensions 56,00 x 11,05 x 5,40 metres, an armament of 13 guns (6 long 20pd guns, 7 rifled 16cm guns) and a crew numbering 180 men.
2. Paddle steamship 1st class, first called steam warship, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 25 October 1846, launched 26 April 1850, commissioned 16 April 1851, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 13-30 January 1857, in worse condition in , laid up at Surabaya and sold at the navy establishment on Saturday 29 November to be broken up 1862, served also in the Dutch East Indies, dimensions 56.00 (between perpendiculars) x 10.70 x 4.80 metres, displacement of 1.486 tons, an armament of 8 guns and 300 hp horsepower.