Royal Netherlands Navy seriously lacking sufficient number of sailors according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 22 May 1860

Zr. Ms. Bromo

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An item reported that the Royal Netherlands Navy again was lacking enough personnel. To crew the steam frigate Zr. Ms. Zeeland (1) were sailors from all guard ships collected in such a manner that the crews of the same guard ships numbered such low numbers that it was hardly possible to maintain the ships. Lacking sailors was also the reason that the steamship Zr. Ms. Bromo (2) could not be commissioned that year.

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1. Screw steamship 1st class, call sign GRDC, wood-built, laid down at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands 28 February 1856, launched 31 July 1859, stricken 1874, guard ship at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 1875, decommissioned 8 December 1883, towed half January 1884 towards the roads of Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, sold on an auction for ƒ 20.600,00 to the Arab Sai Agil bin Hijdroes to be broken up in the morning of 15th March 1884, dimensions 63,5 x 15,7 x 6,7 metres, displacement 3.300 tons, horsepower 400 hp, speed 8 miles, a crew numbering 500 men and an armament of 4 (as guard ship 1-15cm, 3-12cm guns)-51 guns (consisting of 1 long 60pd gun, 30-long 30pd guns, 12-20” grenade guns and 8 rifled 16cm guns).
2. Bromo, paddle steamship 2nd class, call sign GQDS, laid down at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by C.J. Glavimans on 18 November 1840, launched on 4 May 1842, stricken in 1871, displacement 546 tons dimensions 52,00 (waterline) x 10,00 (inner hull) x 4,4 (fore)-4,80 (aft) x 6,03 (depth) on metres, building costs ƒ 508.960.00. 1 funnel, 3 masts, a horsepower of 220 hp and an armament of 8 guns.