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Thursday, 10 July 2014
Dutch paddle steam ship 4th class Admiraal van Kinsbergen 1851-1878
On stocks at the shipyard of the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij. Fijenoord, Netherlands with yard number 30 in 1851, launched 1852, disassembled and transported to the Dutch East Indies, assembled at Surabaya 1853-1854, commissioned 1854, decommissioned at condemned at Surabaya 25 December 1877, sold at Surabaya 6 April 1878, dimensions 45,72 (between perpendiculars) x 6,50-12,40 (over paddle wheels) x 1,70 metres, a displacement of 293 tons, horsepower of 70 hp, a crew numbering 40-43 men and an armament consisting of 1-30pd gun. The newspaper De locomotief dated 29 March 1878 reported the intended sale on 6 April at Surabaya with engines, boilers and so on.