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Thursday 13 November 2014

Dutch screw steamship 3rd class Zr.Ms. Bali stationed at Celebes, 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 screw steamship 3rd class Zr.Ms. Bali lieutenant 1st class P.J.D. Breukelman was stationed in the waters of Celebes.(1)

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1. Call sign GQCR, laid down at the shipyard of F. Smit, Kinderdijk, Netherlands September 1855, launched 8 October 1856, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 8-13 May 1857, 28 April 1863-6 September 1864 and 5-9 August 1865, condemned and sold to be broken up 1877, displacement 620 tons, dimensions 38,00 (over all) x 8,74 x 3,90 metres, horsepower 100 nhp supplied by engines manufactured by Fijenoord, an armament of 10 guns (2 light 12pd guns, 8-30pd carronades) and a crew numbering 85 men.