Admiraal van Kinsbergen
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. Linge (1) lieutenant 1st class M.O. de Kanter served at the station south and east department of Borneo, Dutch East Indies intended to make a voyage to Koetie, Dutch East Indies and afterwards escort the Zr. Ms. Admiraal van Kinsbergen (2) towards Surabaya, Dutch East Indies.
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1. On stocks at D. Borkes, Gouda, Netherlands in 1859, launched in 1860, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands between 2-7 September 1861, commissioned on 1 November 1861, decommissioned on 18 January 1867, building costs ƒ 227.232,85, dimensions 38,00-40,70 (over all) x 8,16 x 3,20 metres, 586 tons displacement, 6 guns, 75 men, 6-7 knots speed, 80nph/200 eph.
2. paddle steamship 4th class, call sign GQBN, built at the shipyard of the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij at Rotterdam, Netherlands but apparently disassembled and assembled at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies in 1853-1854, commissioned on 7 May 1853, docked at Bandjermassing, Dutch East Indies 21 August-15 September 1877, decommissioned 25 December 1877 at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, condemned, displacement 293 tons and as dimensions 45,72 x 6,50-12,40 (over side wheels) x 1,70 metres, horsepower 70 hp, armament one 30 pd gun and a crew numbering 43 men (1877).
