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Friday 27 May 2016

Dutch screw steamship 2nd class Zr. Ms. Groningen arrived at Valencia, Spain according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 17 September 1857

An item reported the arrival of the Dutch screw steamship Zr. Ms. Groningen with on board the prince of Oranje (2) at Valencia, Spain.

Notes
1. Screw steamship 2nd class, on stocks at F. Smit, Kinderdijk, Netherlands 1855, launched 1857, commissioned 25 May or 1 July 1857, served also in the Dutch East Indies, stricken, breaking up started at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 29 July 1863, dimensions 58,82 x 10,74 x 5,00 metres, 1457 tons displacement, an armament of 14 guns, a crew numbering 158 men and 250npk/700epk horsepower.
2. Prince Willem Frederik Hendrik (13 June 1820-14 January 1879) also called Hendrik the Navigator. Prince of Oranje-Nassau. Served for a long time in the Royal Netherlands Navy and was at the end of his life even promoted to the rank of admiral.