An item reported that according to a royal decision of the 10th Dutch screw steamship Zr. Ms. Reteh lying at Amsterdam, Netherlands was to be commissioned on the 16th with as destination the Dutch East Indies. Her etat major consisted of lieutenant 1st class jhr. GH.P. de Kock, commanding officer, lieutenant 2nd class G.W.C. Westenberg, 1st officer, lieutenants 2nd class J.A.P.J. de Roy van Zuidewijn, jhr. T.E. de Brauw and J.C. Joekes and officer of administration 3rd class B.M.E. Crevecoeur.(1)
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1. Screw steamship 3rd class, 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.
