An item reported the arrival of the Dutch screw steamship 1st class Zr. Ms. Metalen Kruis (1) captain J. Vos (2) in the afternoon of 6 June 1868 in the roads of Texel, Netherlands returning from the coast of Guinea.
Notes
1. Screw steamship 1st class also called frigate, call sign GQNT, wood-built, laid down at the navy yard at Amsterdam on 21 March 1860, launched on 29 July 1862, ex-Soerabaja renamed in 1863, commissioned on 17 September 1863, building costs ƒ 752.588,82, decommissioned and condemned at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies on 20 September 1878, dimensions 58,00 (between perpendiculars) x 12,25 x 5,50 metres, a displacement of 2.030 tons, horsepower 700 hp, speed 8,5 knots, an armament of 16 guns (8 long 30pd, 8 rifled 16cm) and a crew numbering 225 men.
2. Jan Vos (9 October 1817 Vlissingen, Netherlands-4 August 1884 Utrecht, Netherlands), retired on 1 May 1874, promoted to the rank of rear admiral in 1878
