For years was in the Netherlands a magazine published dealing with maritime affairs.
The (former) British East India Company ordered the building of 10 small iron screw steam gunboats in England for service in the shallow creeks of the rivers in India like the Ganges. Four of these boats were already transported towards India. For the transport the boats were divided in three parts, which could by arrival within short time without any trouble set together. At the trials a speed of 9½ knots achieved despite the draught of just 2 feet. The boats were armed with a long 12pdr fitted on a sliding gun carriage with turn sledge.
Source
G.A. Tindal en J. Swart. Verhandelingen en berigten betrekkelijk het zeewezen en de zeevaartkunde. Vol 18. Amsterdam, 1858, p. 451. Digitized by Google.
The (former) British East India Company ordered the building of 10 small iron screw steam gunboats in England for service in the shallow creeks of the rivers in India like the Ganges. Four of these boats were already transported towards India. For the transport the boats were divided in three parts, which could by arrival within short time without any trouble set together. At the trials a speed of 9½ knots achieved despite the draught of just 2 feet. The boats were armed with a long 12pdr fitted on a sliding gun carriage with turn sledge.
Source
G.A. Tindal en J. Swart. Verhandelingen en berigten betrekkelijk het zeewezen en de zeevaartkunde. Vol 18. Amsterdam, 1858, p. 451. Digitized by Google.
