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Tuesday 30 November 2021

Russian screw steam corvette Kreisser visited Sabang, Dutch East Indies in 1899

The Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1898-1899 reported that the Russian corvette Kreisser (1) visited Sabang, Dutch East Indies (2) between 13-14 June 1899. The Dutch newspaper De locomotief dated 20 February reported her arrival on 13 January to load coal, water and stores.

Notes

1. The screw steam corvette Kreiser of the Kreiser-class, buit in 1875, reclassified cruiser 2nd class in 1892, training ship since 1906, hulked in 1911 and scrapped in 1924?

2. Sabang was an important coal bunker station.

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