Dutch ram turret Hr. Ms. Schorpioen to be commissioned in 1893 according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag dated 30 December 1892

Den Helder, Netherlands 13-8-2004

An item referred to the royal order dated 27th with as result that on 16 January 1893 the Dutch ram turret Hr. Ms. Schorpioen (1) lying at Willemsoord, Netherlands would be commissioned with as commanding officer captain lieutenant H.G. Hildebrandt.(2)

Notes
1.  Ram turret, call sign GQTM, on stocks at the Soc. des forges et Chantiers at Toulon, France in August 1867, launched 18 January 1868, commissioned at Toluon on 17 May 1868, trial on 16 September 1868, decommissioned on 14 February 1903, stricken but laid up at Willemsoord, Netherlands on 28 November 1906, rebuilt at the Maatschappij Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands as accommodation ship 1907-1908, commissioned on 1 9 April 1909 as accommodation ship and used until she was stricken on 17 January 1982, sold in 1982, transferred to Vlissingen, Netherlands, later towards Middelburg, Netherlands and nowadays lying as museum ship at Den Helder. Dimensions 58,95 x 11,58 x 4,85m, displacement 2175 ton, 2 2 cylinder engines,2269 iph, speed, 12.82 knots, originally 2 rifled 23cm guns, 110 later 137 men. Armament originally 2 rifled 23cm guns in one turret, in 1884 replaced by 1-28cm gun, 5-3,7cm guns and 2-3,7cm revolver guns. The armour consisted of a 7,6-15,2cm thick belt, gun turret and conning tower protected by 20,3-28cm respectively 11,4cm and a 1,9-2,5cm thick deck. Costs when first fitted out ƒ 1.157.408.
2. Willem Karel van Gennep (The Hague, Netherlands 22 November 1823-The Hague 9 July 1900), with pension on 1 May 1886 in the rank of vice admiral.
2. Herman Gabriel Hildebrandt (Leiden, Netherlands 14 September 1842, Apeldoorn, Netherlands 29 March 1903), with pension on 1 February 1897 in the rank of captain.