Call sign GQKL, name proposal dated 13 March 1878, laid down at the shipyard of Christie, Nolet en De Kuyper, Delfshaven, Netherlands on 18 May 1878, launched on 12 November 1878, trial on 1 July 1879, commissioned on 17 July 1879, laid up in reserve at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands until 15 May 1891, added to Hr. Ms. Amstel as a air compressor station for the torpedo service, fitted out with an experimental device for ‘mine-fishing’, stricken on 28 April 1922 and sold with engines and boilers lying at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis to be broken up by tender registration at Brielle, Netherlands public at 14.00 o’clock on Wednesday 14 May 1924.
Building costs ƒ 224.500. Displacement 268,4 ton, dimensions 27,80 x 8,50 x 2,49 metres, 2 compound steam engines, horsepower 119,5 ihp, 2 screws, speed 7,3 knots, a crew numbering 34 men and an armament consisting original 1-28cm No. 1 gun, since 1888 1-28cm A no. 2 gun, 2-3,7cm guns, 1-3,7cm revolver gunm unarmed since 6 April 1907 and since 1913 1-15cm gun.
