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Thursday 13 November 2014

Dutch paddle steamship 2nd class Zr.Ms. Bromo lying in the roads of Batavia, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 10 August 1869


An item referred to an official tiding dated 15 June dealing wit the movements of the Dutch warships serving in the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch paddle steamship 2nd class Zr.Ms. Bromo captain lieutenant H.P. van Boneval Faure was lying in the roads of Batavia prepared for duty.(1)

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1. Call sign GQDS, laid down at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands by C.J. Glavimans on 18 November 1840, launched on 4 May 1842, stricken 1871, displacement 546 tons dimensions 52,00 (waterline) x 10,00 (inner hull) x 4,4 (fore)-4,80 (aft) x 6,03 (depth) on metres, building costs ƒ 508.960.00. 1 funnel, 3 masts, a horsepower of 220 hp and an armament of 8 guns.