An item reported that the Dutch division commanded by captain jhr. J.H. van Capellen arrived on 11th January 1875 at Martinique, departing day later to Guadeloupe, from there to St. Eustatius and St. Martin, visiting on the 21st St. Thomas with the intention to depart on the 24th towards Curaçao. The division consisted of the screw steamships Zr. Ms. Leeuwarden (1), flagship, Zr. Ms. Cornelis Dirks (2) captain lieutenant J.B.A. de Josselin de Jongh and Zr. Ms. Prinses Maria (3) captain lieutenant H. van Goens.
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1. Screw steamship 1st class, call sign GQMN, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands, Netherlands on 6 December 1859, launched on Saturday 13.30 o’clock 19 October 1861, condemned 1886, decommissioned on 20 September 1885 and sold at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies for ƒ 26.050 on 23 January 1886, dimensions 58,00-62,84 (over all) x 12,25 x 5,50 metres, 2.030 tons displacement, an armament of 10 guns (10 rifled 16cm guns, 1881: 6-12cm guns, 4 rifled 16cm guns), a crew numbering 212-225 men, 8,5 knots speed and 250 hp horsepower.
2. Screw steamship 3rd class, call sign GQFS, on stocks at the shipyard of K. Smit jr, Krimpen aan de Lek, Netherlands 1 May 1858, launched 11 January 1859, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 23-26 July 1859, 23-27 August 1860, 23 October-8 November 1862, 30 October-4 November 1863, 17 July 1868-7 March 1871, 5-14 June 1872, 11-14 June 1873, 17-19 June 1874, 20-30 October 1874, condemned for service abroad in October 1880, stricken 1881, dimensions 43,00 x 9,20 x 4,30 metres, 759 tons displacement, 6 guns, 100 men, 119nph/250epk horsepower and a speed of 7 knots.
3. Screw steamship 3rd class, call sign GQRN, on stocks at the navy yard at Willemsoord, Netherlands on 17 June 1858, launched on 19 November 1862, commissioned on 1 April 1864, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 7-21 April 1865, 1-14 August 1867, 28 January-19 March 1868, 27 August-1 September 1869, 10-21 July 1871, 12 March-3 May 1872 and 2-9 September 1874, condemned 1880 and sold, building costs ƒ 349.018,72
