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Thursday, 13 November 2014

Dutch screw steamship 2nd class Zr.Ms. Groningen 1855-1863

Maritiem Museum Rotterdam, photo collection Wilton Fijenoord WF-9328. Original link

On stocks at the shipyard of 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.