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Thursday, 18 February 2016

Dutch paddle steamship Zr. Ms. Phoenix stationed off Celebes, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 1 March 1861

Model Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. 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. Phoenix lieutenant 1st class M.J. Bijleveld (temporarily commanding officer) was stationed in the waters of Celebes, Dutch East Indies. She made a voyage towards Sindjaij and Boelecomba, both in the Dutch East Indies and returned on 20 December 1860 back in the roads of Macassar, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. On stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 1834 by P. Glavimans Jz., launched on 25 October 1836, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 28-29 August 1838, departed 3 October 1838 to the Dutch East Indies as a sail ship with her Morgan paddle wheels removed, arrived at Batavia on 5 February 1839 and at Surabaya were her paddle wheels again assembled, lengthened 1845-1847, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis 28 March-8 June 1854, stricken and broken up in the Dutch East Indies in 1863, dimensions 39,00 (loadline) x 8,2 (inner hull) x 3,6 (fore)-4,0 (Aft) x 5,32 (depth below upper deck) metres 7 guns (160pd Paixhans pivot gun, 2-12 long pd guns fore, 2-24pd carronades, on each side one), 120 ph horsepower delivered by engines manufactured by Paul van Vlissingen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.