An item dated Batavia, Dutch East Indies 2nd reported the
arrival of the British steam warship Redpole captain Freeman coming from
Singapore.(1)
Note
1. Composite screw steam gunboat of the Redbreast-class. Launched at the
Pembroke dockyard on 13 June 1889, sold to Cox to be broken up at Falmouth,
England on 15 May 1906. Her crew numbered 76 men. The armament consisted of 6-4”/10,16cm breech loading guns and 4 machineguns.