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Saturday 19 September 2015

Dutch schooner brig Zr. Ms. Makassar stationed of the Sumatraon West coast, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 8 July 1859

An item dated The Hague, Netherlands 7th dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch schooner brig Zr. Ms. Macassar lieutenant 1st class P.W. Stort lying in the roads stationed off the Sumatran west coast.(1)

Note
1. Brigantine/schooner brig, call sign GQNK, on stocks at Willemsoord, Netherlands on 18 April 1851, launched in 1853, last mentioned in 1867, dimensions 28,50 x 8,70 metres, a 252 tons displacement and an armament of 6 guns.