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Sunday 6 September 2015

Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Gedeh arrived at Vlissingen, Netherlands with sailors for frigate Zr. Ms. Prins Frederik der Nederlanden according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 4 September 1851

Zr. Ms. IJssel. Model Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original url

Zr. Ms. Gedeh

An item dated Middelburg, Netherlands 3rd reported that in the afternoon a day earlier the Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Gedeh (1) captain lieutenant De Smit van den Broecke arrived at Vlissingen, Netherlands with on board around 100 sailors for the frigate Zr. Ms. Prins Frederik.(2)

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1. Paddle steamship 1st class, first called steam warship, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 25 October 1846, launched 26 April 1850, commissioned 16 April 1851, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 13-30 January 1857, in worse condition in , laid up at Surabaya and sold at the navy establishment on Saturday 29 November to be broken up 1862, served also in the Dutch East Indies, dimensions 56.00 (between perpendiculars) x 10.70 x 4.80 metres, displacement of 1.486 tons, an armament of 8 guns and 300 hp horsepower.
2. Ex-IJssel, frigate, 2nd class, on stocks at navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands on 18 December 1830, launched 29 June 1840, renamed Prins Frederik der Nederlanden in 1844, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands for rebuilding as floating battery Salamander in 1859, launched in 1860, training battery in 1867, last mentioned in 1894,call sign as Salamander GQTHJ,, technical specifications as a frigate dimensions 46,21 x 11,91-12,20 x 5,17 (fore)-5,74 (aft) metres, a displacement of 1.461 (design) metric tons of 1.000 kg, 1.583 (in service) metric tons of 1.000 kg-1813 (full load) in metric tons of 1.000 kg, sail area 1.659 square metres, a crew numbering 320 men and an armament 44 guns and a floating battery displacement 1.125 (design) tons of 1.000 kg, a crew numbering 200 men and an armament of 22 guns (4-60pd guns, 18-20”grenade guns) and as dimensions 46,21 x 11,91-12,20 x 2,80 metres.