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Saturday, 4 September 2021

Dutch paddle steamship 1st clas Zr.Ms. Valk 1864-1897

Call sign GRBD, wood-built, laid down navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1863, royal yacht since 1882, broken up in 1899, dimensions 68,2 (over all) x 9,2-15,52 (over side wheels) x 4, diameter paddle wheels 6,1 metres, a displacement of 1.218 tons, 4 boilers, a horsepower of 300 nhp/800 ehp, originally 2 funnels, 4 masts replaced by 2 masts with deck cabin, and an armament of 6-12cm guns.

Source

Vice admiraal Norman MacLeod. Chapter VI. De Marine, published in “Eene Halve Eeuw [1848-1898].

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