An item reported that the British survey vessel HMS Sealark (1) visited Surabaya, Dutch East Indies between 28-30 May 1910.
The Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated Monday 30 May 1910 published an item dated Surabaya 30th reporting her arrival on Saturday afternoon coming from Colombo, Ceylon via Penang and Singapore and was to depart the 30th towards Australia for surveying the area around Port Darwin.
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1. Launched as the private yacht Wanderer by Robert Steel and Co., Greenock, England on 12 December 1878, renamed Vagus in 1888, renamed Consuelo in 1900, sold in 1903 to the British Royal Navy, renamed Investigator, converted into a survey vessel and renamed Lark in 1904, paid off in 1914, sold in 1919 and converted into the cargo ship Sealark III and was active for the James Patrick Steamships Ltd., around 1922 renamed Norwest, seized by the bank and sold to a new owner who dismantled her and converted her into a hulk in 1924.
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Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1909-1910.
The Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated Monday 30 May 1910 published an item dated Surabaya 30th reporting her arrival on Saturday afternoon coming from Colombo, Ceylon via Penang and Singapore and was to depart the 30th towards Australia for surveying the area around Port Darwin.
Note
1. Launched as the private yacht Wanderer by Robert Steel and Co., Greenock, England on 12 December 1878, renamed Vagus in 1888, renamed Consuelo in 1900, sold in 1903 to the British Royal Navy, renamed Investigator, converted into a survey vessel and renamed Lark in 1904, paid off in 1914, sold in 1919 and converted into the cargo ship Sealark III and was active for the James Patrick Steamships Ltd., around 1922 renamed Norwest, seized by the bank and sold to a new owner who dismantled her and converted her into a hulk in 1924.
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Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1909-1910.
