Zr. Ms. Bromo
Model Bromo/Merapi, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original url
An item referred to a decision of the crown dated 24th dealing with the commissioning of the Dutch paddle steamship Zr. Ms. Bromo (1) and Merapi (2), lying respectively at Amsterdam, Netherlands and Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 16 March 1875 with as destination the Dutch East Indies and with as commanding officers respectively captain lieutenants W.J. Scholten van Asch and J. Tromp.
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1. Paddle steamship 2nd class, call sign GQDF, iron-built with wood-planked, rigged but very worse sail performance, on stocks at the shipyard of the Kon. Fabriek etc., Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1873, launched in 1874, engines and boilers repaired in 1877, temporarily guard ship at Batavia, Dutch East Indies 27 August-13 November 1883, decommissioned 15 March 1890, needed major repaired and at the same time fitted out as guard ship at Batavia, commissioned as guard ship at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies as replacement of the Surabaya on 1 April 1892, decommissioned and replaced by the Koning der Nederlanden on 1 December 1899, used as store ship for the army during South Celebes-expedition in 1905, fitted out as coal hulk and serving at Merauke in 1910, stricken in in 1914, towed from Merauke towards Surabaya in 1916, sold there in November 1917, dimensions 60 (between perpendiculars) x 9,39-16,17 (over side wheels) x 4 metre, horsepower 200 nhp/950 ehp, an armament of 2 rifled 16cm guns and 4-12cm guns, and a crew numbering 100-134 men (1885: 101 Europeans, 33 natives).
2. Paddle steamship 2nd class, call sign GQNP,on stocks at the shipyard Ned. Stoomboot Mij. Fijenoord, Rotterdam for account of the department of Colonies with yard number 89 in 1873, launched on 8 or 9 October 1874, composite built (iron with zinc, earlier with wood planked), commissioned on 1 June 1875, departed Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands via Suez towards the Dutch East Indies on 5 June 1875, anchored in the roads of Atjeh, Dutch East Indies on 16 August 1875, decommissioned on 1 October 1896, condemned and sold for ƒ 13.125,00, displacement 1.352 tons, dimensions 65,56 x 9,36 x 4,1 metres. Horsepower 950 ehp., armament 6-10 guns (in advance 2 rifled 16cm, 4-12cm, later added 2-7,5cm, 2-3,7cm) and a crew numbering 140 men (103 Europeans, 37 natives). Rigged, but very worse sailing performances. Was one of the heaviest ships of the Indies Military Navy.
