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Saturday, 5 September 2015

Dutch screw steam schooner Zr. Ms. Montrado underway towards the islands Sepora, 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 screw steam schooner Zr. Ms. Montrado lieutenant 1st class R.L. de Haas intended to depart on 18 April the roads of Padang, Dutch East Indies towards Saribanoa on the islands Sepora to persecute the murderers of the Dutch lieutenant 2nd class Uyttenhoven.(1)

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1. Screw steam schooner Montrado, ex-Vuurpijl renamed 1874, screw steam schooner, laid down by engineer A.E. Tromp at the navy yard of Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1853, renamed Montrado in 1854, launched in 1854, commissioned on 1 December 1854, condemned and sold at the naval establishment at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies for ƒ 11.000 to Mr. Nicolaï and her inventory for more as ƒ 1.500 on Saturday 13 April 1867, dimensions  40,0 (between perpendiculars)-42,15 x 8,00-8,16 x 2,7 (aft)-3,30 (aft) x 4,32 (hold) metres, a displacement of 407tons, an armament of 8 (4-12pd, 4-30pd carronades)-10 guns and 70hp horsepower.