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Saturday, 15 August 2015

German screw steam gunboat Nautilus underway from the Dutch East Indies towards Yemen according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 15 June 1887

An item dated 13th reported the passing of Nieuw Anjer [nowadays Anyer, Indonesia] by the German steam warship Nautilus underway from Batavia, Dutch East Indies towards Aden, Yemen..(1)

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1. Wood-built screw steam gunboat of the Albatross-class, launched at the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig on 31 August 1871, stricken on 14 December 1896, served as a coal hulk until she was broken up at Swinemünde in 1905, her armament consisted of 2-12cm guns.