An item reported that the French destroyer Durance (1) arrived at Tandjong-Priok, Dutch East Indies underway from Tahiti/French Polynesia via Noumea, French New Caledonia and Port Kennedy, Australia towards Colombo, Ceylon.(2) Commanded by Collas and with a crew of 9 officers and 136 men. She was built in 1897, an armament of 4 guns and a displacement of 309 tons.
Notes
1. Screw steam aviso-transport, laid down at Rochefort, France on 1 March 1882, launched on 10 January 1887 and sold to be broken up on 30 December 1910.
2. The Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1904-1905.reported that she visited Tandjong-Priok, Dutch East Indies between 23-27 October 1904.
Notes
1. Screw steam aviso-transport, laid down at Rochefort, France on 1 March 1882, launched on 10 January 1887 and sold to be broken up on 30 December 1910.
2. The Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1904-1905.reported that she visited Tandjong-Priok, Dutch East Indies between 23-27 October 1904.
