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Friday, 4 September 2015

Dutch frigate Zr. Ms. Palembang serving as guard ship in the roads of Batavia, 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 frigate Zr. Ms. Palembang captain W.H. Dittlof Tjassens served as guard ship in the roads of Batavia, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. 2nd Class frigate, on stocks at navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands by P. Schuijt jr. in February 1822, launched on 28 April 1829, while lying in the roads off Batavia sold on Monday 2 November 1863 at 10.00 o’clock to be broken up, served also in the Dutch East Indies, dimensions 46,21 (load line) x 11,91 (inner hull) x 5,17 (fore)-5,74 (aft) x 6,41 (hold below main deck), displacement 1.422 tons, an armament of 32-44 guns (30 short 30pd guns, 20-30pd guns, 2-8pd guns) and crew numbering 393 men.