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Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Dutch schooner brig Zr. Ms. Rembang participated in the Boni-expedition in the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant 14 April 1859

An item reported that the Dutch schooner brig Zr. Ms. Rembang left on 12 January the roads of Batavia, Dutch East Indies. She was also ordered to visit Madura and tow from there a ship towards Bonthain, Dutch East Indies where all ships included the merchant ships were to be gather for the expedition against Boni, Celebes, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Brigantine, on stocks at navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 20 November 1848, launched 12 April 1850, rebuilt in Dutch East Indies as floating battery 1858, dimensions 28,50 x 8,70 x 3,30 metres, 252 tons displacement and an armament of 6 guns.