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Sunday, 11 January 2015

Dutch brig 1st class Zr.Ms. Cachelot arrived in the Dutch East Indies coming from the Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche courant dated 4 May 1858

Model NG-MC-375, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original url

An item reported that the Dutch brig Zr.Ms. Cachelot captain lieutenant A.F. Siedenburg arrived on 4th March at Batavia, Dutch East Indies coming from Vlissingen, Netherlands.(1)

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1. Call sign GQCF, on stocks at navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands by A.E. Tromp on 4 September 1844, launched Saturday 28 June 1851, transferred to the Indies Military Navy 1 January 1868, stricken 1871, dimensions 30,50 (loadline between perpendiculars) x 9,50 (inner hull) x 4,0 (fore)-4,3 (aft) x 4,71 (hold) metres, 499,5 tons displacement and an armament of 12-30 pd grenade guns.