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Saturday, 30 April 2016

Dutch screw steamship 4th class Zr. Ms. Haarlemmermeer stationed in the waters of Menado, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 2 April 1865

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An item dated 15th February referred to tidings dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch screw steamship 4th class Zr. Ms. Haarlemmermeer lieutenant 1st class A. Jarman was stationed in the waters of Menado, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Call sign GQKD, on stocks at navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands on 9 July 1859, launched on Friday afternoon 23 March 1860, commissioned 16 August 1860, condemned and ordered 8 June 1870 no. 15 to sell hull with rigging and useless inventory, engines stored at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, building costs ƒ 255.916,53½, dimensions 38,00-40,70 x 8,16 x 3,20 metres, 586 tons displacement, tonnage 285 tons, coal bunker capacity 50 ton or 5 days full speed, 6 guns (2 medium 30 pd guns, 4-30pd carronades), 25-75 men, 80/200 nph horsepower and maximum speed under steam 6-7 knots.