An item reported that the Dutch shipping company Kon. Paketvaart Maatschappij take the steamship Maetsuycker (1) of 1,278 gross tons and build in 1890 and the Gouverneur Generaal Daendels (2) of 1,264 gross tons and build in 1902 out of service. The first ship was sold to Singapore to be broken up and the second one was sold to the Heap Eng Moh Steamship Company of Singapore.
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1. Lijst van de Nederlandsche en Nederlands-Indische schepen aan welke onderscheidingsseinen zijn verleend uit het Internationaal Seinboek. Amsterdam, 1917. Call sign TGDV, homeport Batavia, net capacity 2341,14 cubic metres or 827,25 tons of 2,83 cubic metres. De Nederlandse koopvaardijvloot 1930. Build in 1890 at the shipyard Kon.Mij. De Schelde at Flushing in 1890. Iron-built screw steamship with as dimensions 245’3” x 34’5” x 17’1” (hold). Capacity 1,278 gross and 639 net tons of 2,83 cubic metres and a loading capacity 900 tons including bunker capacity of 1,016 kg and a bunker capacity of 195 tons of 1,016 kg, call sign TDKQ. The newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated Monday 7 July 1890 reported that on Saturday morning she was launched as the third steamship of the A-design. However not at Flushing but at the shipyard of L. Smit&Zoon at Kinderdijk while the shipyard at Flushing was lacking space capacity. She was expected to arrive within 14 days at Flushing to be completed and to be fitted out with the steam engine with boilers and so on. Archief Kon.Mij. De Schelde 1875-1970 (Municipality Archive Flushing) order documentation. Iron built freighter with passenger accommodation for 36 1st class and 27 2nd class passengers. Two masts. Six life-boats. Dimensions 251’6” (between perpendiculars)-260’9” (over all) x 33’10” x 18’0” + 7’6” sun deck and as draught 13’6”- 17’6” (fullo laoded with a displacement of 2,554 tons). Deadweight 800-1,254 (maximum) tons and 1326,35 gross and 845,7 net tons. Coal bunker capcity 195 ton. Building ordered on 16 October 1888 (no. 71), hull built by the shipyard of L. Smit jr. at Kinderdijk, launched on 5 July 1890 by captain C.J. Peter, arrived at the shipyard at Flushing on 2 August, engines estetd while berthed on 24 October, on 4 November official trial and on 5 November delivered. The hull was build by Smit for ƒ 125.000 with De Schelde delivering the needed steel, casting werk portholes and so on. Decommissioned on 23 June 1930 and sold in September 1931 to be broken up. Triple compound engine supplied 1,100 ihp.
2. Lijst van de Nederlandsche en Nederlands-Indische schepen aan welke onderscheidingsseinen zijn verleend uit het Internationaal Seinboek. Amsterdam, 1917. Call sign TDLQ, homeport Batavia, net capacity 2188,69cubic metres or 773,38 tons of 2,83 cubic metres. De Nederlandse koopvaardijvloot 1930. Build in 1902 at the shipyard of the Ned. Scheepsbouw Maatschappij at Amsterdam. Iron-built screw steamship with as dimensions 222’8” x 37’5” x 14’2” (hold). Capacity 1,264 gross and 761 net tons of 2,83 cubic metres and a loading capacity 3500 tons including bunker capacity of 1,016 kg and a bunker capacity of 194 tons of 1,016 kg, call sign TCKG.
