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Thursday, 18 October 2018

German survey vessel SMS Möwe visited the Dutch East Indies in 1903-1904

An item reported that the German survey vessel SMS Möwe (1) visited the Dutch East Indies harbours Ternate between 16-19 October 1903 and 26-27 May 1904 and Menado on 20 May 1904.

Note
1. Gunboat. Launched with yard number 143 by F. Schichau, Elbing, Germany on 13 May 1879, commissioned on 31 May 1880 and stricken on 9 December 1905. Sister ship HMS Habicht.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1903-1904.