An item dated Surabaya, Dutch East Indies 17th reported that the German steam frigate Gneisenau commanded by Valois and with a crew of 400 men left Makassar, Dutch East Indies bound for Batavia, Dutch East Indies and from there to the Suez Canal.(1)
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1. Screw steam corvette of the Bismarck-class, Laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, Danzig in June 1877, launched on 4 September 1879, completed on 3 October 1880, grounded at the harbour mole and sunk during a gale off Malaga, Spain on 16 December 1900, with a displacement of 3.040 long tons/3.089 tons and an armament of 14-15cm/5.9” guns, 2-8,8cm/3.5” quick firing guns and 6-3,7cm/”1.5” 5-barrelled guns.
Note
1. Screw steam corvette of the Bismarck-class, Laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, Danzig in June 1877, launched on 4 September 1879, completed on 3 October 1880, grounded at the harbour mole and sunk during a gale off Malaga, Spain on 16 December 1900, with a displacement of 3.040 long tons/3.089 tons and an armament of 14-15cm/5.9” guns, 2-8,8cm/3.5” quick firing guns and 6-3,7cm/”1.5” 5-barrelled guns.
