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Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Dutch steam warship Zr. Ms. Ardjoeno transport military towards Bandjermasing, 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 steamship Zr. Ms. Ardjoeno captain lieutenant J.A.K. van Hasselt departed on 24 April from the roads of Batavia, Dutch East Indies via Samarang, Dutch East Indies towards Bandjermasing, Dutch East Indies to transport some military involved at Bandjermasing in some affairs.(1)

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1. Steam warship, call sign GQCK, on stocks at Amsterdam, Netherlands 4 February 1849 as Pluto, launched on 1 or 2 September 1849, renamed Ardjoeno in December 1849, engines manufactured by the N.S.M. (decided 26 August 1847 for ƒ 210.979,00 to deliver on 15 March 1849), trial on 28 April 1850, departed on 28 December 1850 towards the Dutch East Indies, arrived there on 26 May 1851, stricken 1873, dimensions 56,00 x 10,70 x 4,80 metres, displacement 1.486 tons and a horsepower of 300 hp.