Marinemuseum Den Helder, A/002/031. Bay of Bima 5 January 1861. 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 Dutch screw steamship Zr.Ms. Reinier Claeszen (1) lieutenant 1st class P.W. Stort departed on 11 December 1860 from Surabaya towards her station in the waters of Celebes, Dutch East Indies. Shortly after her arrival there she cruised for pirates destroying near the small island Sailoos 8 pirate bintanks. A landing party however did not succeeding in taken the pirates prisoners. After returning at Macassar, Dutch East Indies for fresh victuals was the intention to return accompanied by the Zr. Ms. Gedeh (2) to end the piracy at Sailoos.
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1. Call sign GQSN, on stocks at the shipyard of K. Smit jr. Kinderdijk, Netherlands on 4 May 1858, launched on 13 January 1859, dry docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 21-22-July 1859,commissioned on 2 or 16 August 1859, condemned in 1869, sold with boilers on a public auction at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies on 29 January 1870, stricken in 1870, dimensions 45,50 x 9,20 x 4,30 metres, a displacement of 759, tons, an armament of 6 guns, a crew numbering 119 men and a horsepower of 119nhp/250 ehp.
2. 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.
