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Sunday 14 February 2016

Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Ardjoeno available for active service in the 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 steamship Zr. Ms. Ardjoeno captain J.A.K. van Hasselt arrived on 31 December 1860 in the roads of Batavia, Dutch East Indies after being repaired at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. She was now available for active service.(1)

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1. Steam warship, call sign GQCK, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands as Pluto on 4 February 1848, launched on 1 or 2 September 1849, renamed Ardjoeno in December 1849, engines manufactured by the N.S.M. (decided 26 August 1847 for ƒ 210.979,00 to deliver on 15 March 1849), trial on 28 April 1850, departed on 28 December 1850 towards the Dutch East Indies, arrived there on 26 May 1851, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands between 28 March-8 June 1854, transferred to the Dutch East Indies Military Navy on 1 January 1868, stricken in 1873, dimensions 56,00 x 10,70 x 4,80 metres, displacement 1.486 tons and a horsepower of 300 hp.