An item reported that the Dutch steamship Zr.Ms. Ardjoeno which arrived on 28th April at Den Helder, Netherlands coming from Amsterdam, Netherlands was being fitted put for a voyage. Together with the Zr.Ms. Gedeh was she the largest ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was described as a beautiful and spacious ship. Her dimensions were 206 (on deck) x 38 (between the paddle wheels)-40 (maximum on half deck) metres. Total horsepower 300 hp. Her crew was to number 125 men and the armament of 2-80 pd grenade guns, 4-30pd grenade guns and 2 long 30-pd grenade guns.(1)
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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
