The Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1903-1904 reported that the French cruiser d’Assas visited Sabang, Dutch East Indies between 19 April-1 May 1904. The Dutch newspaper locomotief dated 6 May 1904 reported that on Sunday afternoon 4 French destroyers arrived at Sabang followed on Tuesday 19 April by the d’Assas. The destroyers departed after loading coal and water directly for Saigon leaving the cruiser behind. She had to undergo repairs by the Sabangmaatschappij.
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1. Part of the D’Assas-class protected cruisers, preceded by Descartes-class, succeeded by Catinat-class, laid down by Ateliers en Chantiers de la Lore, Saint-Nazaire, France in 1894, launched on 28 March 1896, completed in March 1898 and stricken and sold to be up in 1914
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