Model Phoenix Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Original url
An item dated The Hague, Netherlands 7th dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Phoenix lieutenant 1st class W.B.F. Escher was bound from Boni, Dutch East Indies towards Java, Dutch East Indies for maintenance of her engines.
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1. Paddle steamship, on stocks at the navy yard at
Rotterdam, Netherlands 1834 by P. Glavimans Jz., launched 1836, docked at the
navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 28-29 August 1838, departed 3 October
1838 to the Dutch East Indies as a sail ship with her Morgan paddle wheels
removed, arrived at Batavia on 5 February 1839 and at Surabaya were her paddle
wheels again assembled, lengthened 1845-1847, docked at the navy yard at
Hellevoetsluis 28 March-8 June 1854, stricken and broken up in the Dutch East
Indies in 1863, dimensions 39,00 (loadline) x 8,2 (inner hull) x 3,6 (fore)-4,0
(Aft) x 5,32 (depth below upper deck) metres 7 guns (160pd Paixhans pivot gun,
2-12 long pd guns fore, 2-24pd carronades, on each side one), 120 ph horsepower
delivered by engines manufactured by Paul van Vlissingen, Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
