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Thursday, 18 February 2016

Dutch paddle steamship 4th class Zr. Ms. Suriname stationed off Borneo, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 1 March 1861

Model NG_MC-482. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Original link

An item dated The Hague, Netherlands 28th February referred to tidings of 15th January dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Suriname Lieutenant 1st class J.A. van der Muelen was part of the ships added to the expeditionary force in the southern and eastern department of Borneo. Dutch East Indies. She was stationed between 2-23 December 1860 off the Mengkatib, Dutch East Indies and departed on 26 December 1860 from Banjermasin, Dutch East Indies towards the south and east coasts.(1)

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1. Call sign GQVP, on stocks at the shipyard of the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij Fijenenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 15 April 1845, launched in December 1845, used for towing Dutch ships loaded with grain returning from Elsinore, Denmark in 1847, visited the Dutch West Indies/Surinam in 1847, served in the Dutch East Indies since 1851, stricken in 1875, iron-built hull and wood upper decks, dimensions 40,4 (between perpendiculars on load line) x 7,4 x 2,3 (fore)-2,7 (aft) x 4,56 (hold) metres, an armament of 6 guns and horsepower of 110 hp