Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Prins Hendrik der Nederland and war steamship Zr. Ms. Ardjoeno bound for the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated Saturday 3 August 1850

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An item reported that the Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Prins Hendrik der Nederland (1) captain jonkheer A.H. van Karnebeek and the war steamship Zr.Ms. Ardjoeno (2) captain lieutenant A.J. Voete both were to depart on 1 September from Nieuwediep, Netherlands towards the Dutch East Indies.

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1. Frigate 2^nd class, laid down by J. Vos at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 3 September 1844, launched on 2 December 1847, renamed as floating battery Pollux in 1859, displacement 1.861 tons, dimensions 48 (load line) x 14,4 (inner hull) x 5,7 (fore)-6,2 (aft) x 6,6 (hold below upper deck ) metres and an armament of 38 (4-20”grenade guns, 20 long 30pd guns, 12-medium 30pd guns and 2 long 30 pd guns)-44 guns. Docked as the Pollux on 30 August 1859, undocked on 20 September 1859 and finally broken up.

2. 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.