Dutch naval movements in the Dutch East Indies according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 24 August 1838

The Hague, 23 August. The Dutch newspaper Avondbode supplied some tidings dealing with the situation in the Dutch East Indies. According to this newspaper arrived 28 January at Rio the Dutch corvette Zr. Ms. corvette Kastor and the colonial schooner Krokodil ordered to patrol against the pirates in the waters of Lima. The iron steamboat Etna that served very well was to be armed within short time to cruise just like the Hekla against the pirates along the North East coast of Java. Mr. Bennett, engineer of the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij at Rotterdam who assisted by sending both iron ships to the Indies and assembling them there returned to the Netherlands.