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Monday, 9 February 2015

Dutch steamship 1st class Zr.Ms. Ardjoeno underway from Dutch East Indies towards Singapore according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 5 February 1867

An item referred to tidings dated 15th December 1866 dealing with the movements of the ships belonging to the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch steamship 1st class Zr.Ms. Ardjoeno (1) captain lieutenant H.B. Kip departed on 14th December from Batavia, Dutch East Indies towards Singapore to pick up the appointed governor general of the Dutch East Indies.

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1. Steam warship, call sign GQCK, on stocks at Amsterdam, Netherlands 4 February 1849 as Pluto, launched on 1 or 2 September 1849, renamed Ardjoeno in December 1849, engines manufactured by the N.S.M. (decided 26 August 1847 for ƒ 210.979,00 to deliver on 15 March 1849), trial on 28 April 1850, departed on 28 December 1850 towards the Dutch East Indies, arrived there on 26 May 1851, stricken 1873, dimensions 56,00 x 10,70 x 4,80 metres, displacement 1.486 tons and a horsepower of 300 hp.