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. Stavoren lieutenant 2nd class C.L. van Woelderen was lying at Palembang executing surveys in the waters of Banka and so on.(1)
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1. Call sign GQVK, building put out contract on public auction 27 June 1859, laid down at the shipyard of K. Kater, Groningen in July 1859, launched 10 August 1860, commissioned on 14 January 1862, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 25-27 March 1861 and 13-16 January 1863, survey vessel in 1872, supervisors during building A.J.H. Beeloo and ir. 2nd class L.C.P.W. Visser, building costs ƒ 227.021,97, decommissioned on 4 March 1873, dimensions 38,00-40,70 (over all) x 8,16 x 3,20 metres, displacement of 586 tons, horsepower 80 nhp/200 ehp, speed 6-7 knots, a crew numbering 75 men and an armament of 6 guns.
