An item reported that during the internal breaking up at the screw steamship Zr.Ms. Groningen such a large number of major defects were discovered that it was doubted ifs she was not totally condemned as a seagoing ship. She was launched in 1857 and returned in July 1862 from the Dutch East Indies. (1)
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1. Screw steamship 2nd class, on stocks at F. Smit, Kinderdijk, Netherlands 1855, launched 1857, commissioned 25 May, served also in the Dutch East Indies, stricken, breaking up started at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 29 July 1863, dimensions 58,82 x 10,74 x 5,00 metres, 1457 tons displacement, an armament of 14 guns, a crew numbering 158 men and 250npk/700epk horsepower.
