Dutch screw steamship 1st class Zr. Ms. Metalen Kruis stationed in the Moluccas, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 1 June 1866

An item referred to a tiding dated 14 April 1866 supplying more details dealing with the activities of the ships belonging to the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch screw steamship 1st class Zr. Ms. Metalen Kruis (1) captain A.L. Palm was stationed in the Moluccas, Dutch East Indies and participated in the Cream expedition.

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1. Screw steamship 1st class also called frigate, call sign GQNT, wood-built, laid down at the navy yard at Amsterdam on 21 March 1860, launched on 29 July 1862, ex-Soerabaja renamed in 1863, commissioned on 17 September 1863, building costs ƒ 752.588,82, decommissioned and condemned at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies on 20 September 1878, dimensions 58,00 (between perpendiculars) x 12,25 x 5,50 metres, a displacement of 2.030 tons, horsepower 700 hp, speed 8,5 knots, an armament of 16 guns (8 long 30pd, 8 rifled 16cm) and a crew numbering 225 men.