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Thursday, 13 November 2014

Dutch screw steamship 4th class Zr.Ms. Coehoorn being repaired at Surabaya, 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 4th class Zr.Ms. Coehoorn lieutenant 1st class J.H.P. von Schmidt auf Altenstadt was undergoing repairs at Surabaya.(1)

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1. Call sign GQFP, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 1 August 1860, launched 19 or 20 March 1862, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 20-27 July and 12-15 October 1863, 1-2 August 1864 and 9-12 September 1872, departed from shipyard towards sea in 1864, handed over the Indies Military Navy 1 January 1868, stricken 1874, building costs ƒ 255.304,09½, dimensions 38,00 (between perpendiculars)-40,70 (over all) x 8,18 x 3,20 metres, 586 tons displacement, 6 guns (2 medium 30pd guns, 4-30pd carronades) and a crew numbering 75 men, 80 npk/200epk horsepower, speed 6-7 knots.