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Friday, 28 June 2013

Russian auxiliary ships visiting Batavia, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper De Sumatra Post dated 1 Mei 1905

An item reported that the captain of the Dutch steamship Rochussen at Singapore stated that he saw a Russian hospital ship and eight Russian colliers in the harbour of Batavia, Dutch East Indies.

Note
1. At that moment was the Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904-5 September 1905) going on in which the Netherlands was neutral.