Iron-frame with wood planked. Launched in 1876. Armed with 3 guns. Draught 3,5 metres. Horsepower 90nhp. Tonnage 323 tons. Maximum speed during a watch of 4 hours 6-7 geographic miles while under steam. Arrived on 6 June 1877 in the Dutch East Indies. Her crew numbered on 31 December 1879 64 (fixed 74) Europeans and 25 (fixed 24) natives. Temporarily stricken in September 1879 to be repaired on 15 July 1880 decommissioned, sent on 27 August to the station Mendado and Moluccas, stranded on 17 September on the reef of Nin Besar near Mendao, refloated on 17 October but sent towards Surabaya with severe damage. On 1 February 1881 temporarily decommissioned.(1)
Note
1. Call sign GQTK, on stocks at the shipyard of the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij, Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1875, launched in 1876, commissioned on 16 October 1876, decommissioned on 1 November 1893, condemned and sold at the navy establishment at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies on 10:00 o’clock on Saturday 21 April 1894 but Saturday 29 September 1894 again offered for sale. Dimensions 45,00 (between perpendiculars)-53,60 (over all) x 9,00 x 3,60 metres, displacement of 853 tons, horsepower 90 nhp.460 ehp. Speed 10 miles, a crew numbering 76 Europeans and 28 natives and an armament consisting of 1-18cm rifled gun and 2-12 cm KA. guns to which later 1-7,5cm A gun and 2-12cm K.A. were added. Wood planked iron built frame and zinced.
Source
Dutch House of Representatives. Colonial Account [Dutch East Indies] over 1881.5.8 Attachment F. Royal Netherlands Navy in the Dutch East Indies in 1880.
