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Thursday 31 December 2015

Dutch screw steamship Zr. Ms. De Ruyter cruising in the Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 30 October 1888

Model stern NG-MC-1889-56. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands. Original link

An item dated Batavia, Dutch East Indies 29th reported the departure of the Dutch screw steamship Zr. Ms. De Ruijter captain Stakman Bosse towards Surabaya, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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De Ruyter, screw steamship 1st class, call sign GQST, composite built (wood with iron plated, of the Atjeh-class, on stocks at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on slip 5 on 7 January 1879, launched on 22 September 1880, handed over by the navy on 18 October 1881, commissioned on 1 May 1885, decommissioned on 1 October 1894, repaired, commissioned on 1 September 1896,decommissioned at Nieuwediep, Netherlands on 27 May 1899, stricken and sold to be broken up on a public auction at Den Helder, Netherlands at 11.00 o’clock on Tuesday 28 May 1900 for ƒ 81.714.46½ to F.H. de Goeij, T.C. Bakker and J. Spruit of Den Helder, dimensions 80 (between perpendiculars)-92,1 (over all) x 12,5 x 6,1 metes, a displacement of 3.160 tons, 4 boilers, engine and boilers manufactured at N.S.M., Rotterdam, Netherlands, horsepower 3.000 hp, one screw, sail area 1.585 square metres, 3 masts, speed during trial with a medium draught of 5,49 metres 13,3 miles on 10 July 1885, speed on a trial with a medium draught of 5,88 metres, 13,75 miles on 27 August 1885, an armament of 6-17cm guns and 8-12cm guns and a crew numbering 280 men.