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.
Note
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.