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Monday 9 May 2016

Dutch screw steamship 3rd class Reteh lieutenant 1st class stationed in the waters of Menado, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 6 August 1864


An item referred to tidings dated 14 June 1864 dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch screw steamship 3rd class Reteh lieutenant 1st class jhr. M.W. Bowier was stationed in the waters of Menado, Dutch East Indies and probably returning towards Surabaya, Dutch East Indies.(1)

Note
1. Call sign GQSR, laid down at the navy yard at Amsterdam Netherlands as Sprinkhaan on 18 March 1858, launched on 19 April 1860, renamed Reteh in 1859, decommissioned and condemned in 1871, building costs ƒ 329.428,25½. dimensions 43,00 x 9,20 x 4,30 metres, a displacement of 759 tons, horsepower 119nhp/250 ehp speed 7 knots, an armament of 6 guns and a crew numbering 100 men