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 screw steamship 1st class Zr.Ms. Willem captain lieutenant J.K. van de Kruysse Pilaar was lying in the roads of Batavia fitted out for duty.(1)
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1. Call sign GRCM, wood-built, laid down at the navy yard of Amsterdam, Netherlands 19 February 1861, launched on 8 July 1863, first departure to sea on 16 September 1866, decommissioned on 15 September 1871, stricken 1874, building costs ƒ 787.535,61½, with a displacement of 2.030 tons and as dimensions 58,00-62,84 x 12,25 x 5,50 metres, a horsepower of 700 hp allowing a speed if 8,5 miles, the armament consisted of 8 long 30pd guns and 8 rifled 16cm guns and a crew numbering 225 men.
