An item reported the visit of minister of colonies De Waal Malefijt at the shipyard Gusto. At that moment was there a mud suction dredger lying, ready to be delivered for the Dutch East Indies. The edition of the 1 March supplied more details. She was to serve in the so-called Westgat of the harbour at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. Dimensions 70,56 (between perpendiculars) x 11,47 x 4,88 (hold) metres. Able to work on a depth between 5-25 metres. Fitted out 2-280 ihp triple expansion engines for the sand pumps and 2-450 ihp triple expansion engines for the propulsion. Further more two boilers each with a heating surface of 125 square metres and a working pressure of 12 atmosphere. During the trials executed on the waters in the province Zeeland was cargo with a capacity of 700 cubic metres filled within 15 minutes with thick mud. She was to go under own power towards her destination.(1)
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1. Yard number 419 the Java built for the Department of Colonies.
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1. Yard number 419 the Java built for the Department of Colonies.
