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Monday, 10 August 2015

British screw steam sloop Egeraia visited Batavia, Dutch East Indies coming from Singapore according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 24 September 1887

An item dated Batavia, Dutch East Indies 24th reported the arrival of the British warship Egeria captain Aldrich coming from Singapore.(1)

Note
1. Composite screw steam sloop launched at the Pembroke Dock on 1 November 1873, survey ship since October 1886, sold to the Vancouver Navy League in November 1911 and sold to be broken up in 1914. After she was beached at Burret Inlet she was deliberately set afire using oil. Original with an armament of 2-7” guns and 2-64pd guns.