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Sunday 14 February 2016

Dutch screw steamship 2nd class Zr. Ms. Vice Admiraal Koopman stationed in the Moluccas, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 1 March 1861

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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 steam corvette Zr. Ms. Vice Admiraal Koopman captain C.V. Zwaanshals was stationed in the waters of the Moluccas, Dutch East Indies and according to the latest tidings begin December 1860 departed from the roads of Ambon towards Banda, Dutch East Indies. She was to transport the governor general of the Dutch East Indies during his voyage in the Moluccas.

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1, Ex-Leeuwarden, call sign GRBS, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands by H.A. van der Speck Obreen 18 October 1856, renamed Vice Admiraal Koopman on 20 May 1857, launched on 29 April 1858, served in the Dutch East Indies, already reported in worse condition with a broken shaft and a weak aft ship with doubts about her decommissioned being condemned and not worth to be repaired on 7 August 1876, sold to be broken up 1877, displacement 1.600 ton, dimensions 56,00 x 11,25 x 5,40 metres, horsepower 250nph/700 ehp allowing a speed of 9 knots, an armament of 11 guns (6 long 30pd guns, 5 rifled 16cm guns) and a crew numbering 140 men.