An item dated Den Helder, Netherlands the 11th reported that the Dutch screw steam flotilla vessel Zr.Ms. Apeldoorn a day earlier departed towards the roads to depart with the first favourable moment towards Surinam. Her trials at sea were excellent, under steam was her speed 7,5 mile and with some sails and some wind 6 miles.(1)
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1. Screw steamship 4th class, built at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1859-1860, last mentioned 1865, dimensions 38,00 x 8,16 x 3,20 metres, displacement 586 tons, 6 guns, speed 6-7 knots, horsepower 80 nhp/700 ehp, and a crew of 75 men.