2nd class gunboat. On stocks at Armstrong, Newscastle, England 1871, launched 1873 and commissioned 6 July 1874. Design British Staunch-class. Nicknamed flat-iron. Dimensions 25,90 x 7,62 x 2,20m and a displacement of 210 tons. The 130 ihp and the 2 screws allowed a speed of 8 knots. She was armed with a riffled 23cm gun, in the '80's altered in 1-21cm gun and 3-3.7cm guns. Her crew numbered 22-34 men. Building costs fl. 132.600,-. After being disarmed since 11 June 1884 used for training midshipmen. August 1914 fitted out as an accommodation ship for the personnel of a quick firing battery at IJmuiden and commissioned 23 September that year. Stricken 1926.
