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Saturday, 27 June 2020

Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Ardjoeno stationed in the Moluccas, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 30 November 1864

An item dated referred to tidings dated 15 October dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Ardjoeno captain E.M.C. Baak was stationed in the waters around the Moluccas, Dutch East Indies returning on 24 August at Amboina from Banda, Dutch East Indies.(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