Dutch torpedo boat Zr. Ms. Cerberus waiting at Aden, Yemen for Dutch merchant ship according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 30 January 1889

Lying in the so-called Dokhaven of Vlissingen, Netherlands just built at the shipyard Kon Mij. De Schelde.

An item reported that the Dutch torpedo boat Zr. Ms. Cerberus had to wait at Aden for the arrival of a ship belonging to the Dutch merchant shipping company Rotterdamsche Lloyd which would tow her for some days to her destination. The merchant ship [the Drenthe?] was expected to arrive between 10-12 January 1890 at Aden.(1)

Note
1. Built for service in the Dutch East Indies. Of galvanized steel. Building ordered in March 1887, on 15 October ordered to used the design, laid down at the shipyard Kon. Mij. De Schelde with yard number 60 on 17 December 1887 using models, launched on 29 August 1887, trials while berthed on 29 September, technical trials on 3-8 October, official trial on 18 October, delivered on 30 October and departed towards Surabaya on 12 November. Stricken in 1920.