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Saturday 6 June 2020

Dutch corvette Zr. Ms. Juno served as guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 30 November 1864

Model (NG-MC-345) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original source

An item dated referred to tidings dated 15 October dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch corvette Zr. Ms. Juno captain J.J. Westerouen van Meeteren served as guard ship in the roads of Surabaya, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Corvette 1st class, call sign GQLJ, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans Jz. on 20 June 1833, launched 14 May 1839, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 29 March-17 April 1841, part of the Indies Military Navy since1 January 1868, guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies 18 September 1867-25 January 1870, sold at Surabaya on a public auction to the native Aridin for ƒ 16.700,00 on 2 July, dimensions 39,50 (loadline) x 10,50 (inner hull) x 4,4 (fore)-5,0 9aft) x 5,6 (hold below maindeck) metres, 929 tons displacement, 22 (1869: 14 medium 30pd guns)-32 g(24-12pd guns, 8-30pd carronades, 4-8pd guns) guns and a crew numbering 120 (1869) men.