Scottish steam steering gear for the Dutch screw steamship 1st class Zr. Ms. Atjeh in 1876

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Order administration registered on 9 October 1876 the order for delivering a steam- and manual steering gear manufactured by Row McLachlan&Co., Paisley, Scotland for the Dutch screw steamship 1st class Zr. Ms. Atjeh. Accepted on 9 October 1876 for ƒ 9.025 for a steam steering gear, on 13 February 1877 for ƒ 3.790 a quadrant steering chain gear with pulleys and on 13 April 1877 for ƒ 1.875 a deckhouse for the steering gear. Totally contracted price ƒ 14.690 including adjusting labour and with assistance of personnel of the naval establishment at Amsterdam, Netherlands. Real costs totally ƒ 13.716,81 (steering gear towards Amsterdam ƒ 8.025,14, additional parts made at Vlissingen, Netherlands/transport and adjusting costs ƒ 4.949,37, 65% expenses on labour ƒ 742,30) resulting in a profit of ƒ 973,19. Labour costs at Vlissingen were ƒ 1.142,06. (1)

Note
1. Laid down at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 3 March 1875, launched on 6 December 1876, commissioned on 1 November 1877, converted into a an accommodation ship at the shipyard De Lastdrager at Den Helder, Netherlands in 1906. Commissioned while replacing the Het Loo in 1908, also used as floating battery for salutes by replacing the 12cm by 7,5cm guns since 1910, further more used for training sailors of the Royal Naval Reserve at Willemsoord, Netherlands until 21 May 1921, decommissioned and since then used as accommodation ship for the air service at Willemsoord, disarmed until 1922, disarmed and stricken in 1929 and finally sold to the N.V. Frank Rijsdijk‘s industrieële onderneming at Hendrik ido Ambacht, Netherlands for ƒ 23.501,00 to be broken up in May 1935.

Source
Archive Kon. Mij. De Schelde 1875-1970 (Municipality Archive Vlissingen) inventory number 214.1216