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Friday, 4 September 2015

Dutch brig 1st class Zr. Ms. Cachelot stationed in the Moluccas, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 8 July 1859

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An item dated The Hague, Netherlands 7th dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch brig Zr. Ms. Cachelot captain lieutenant A.F. Siedenburg stationed in the waters around the Moluccas, Dutch East Indies lying in the roads of Amboina, Dutch East Indies was ready to begin around 15 April with a voyage towards the Zuidwester islands, Dutch East Indies and the coast of Guinea [Dutch New Guinea].(1)

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1. Brig 1st class, call sign GQCF, on stocks at navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands by A.E. Tromp on 4 September 1844, launched Saturday 28 June 1851, transferred to the Indies Military Navy 1 January 1868, stricken 1871, dimensions 30,50 (loadline between perpendiculars) x 9,50 (inner hull) x 4,0 (fore)-4,3 (aft) x 4,71 (hold) metres, 499,5 tons displacement and an armament of 10-12 (30 pd grenade guns).