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Sunday, 14 August 2016

Dutch paddle steamship 4th class Zr. Ms. Madura decommissioned at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 6 August 1864

An item referred to tidings dated 14 June 1864 dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch steamship 4th class Zr. Ms. Madura lieutenant 1st class C.A.W. Halverhout was decommissioned on 31 May at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Paddle steamship 4th class, call sign GQNH, iron-built, laid down at the shipyard of the Ned. Stoomboot Mij. Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1855 with yard number 52, launched in 1856, trials 17-23 August 1856, disassembled to the Dutch East Indies and assembled at Surabaya, participated in the Boni-expedition in the Dutch East Indies on 19 February 1859, stricken in 1875, building costs ƒ 380.000,00, dimension 51,36 (between perpendiculars) x 9,45-14,83 (over paddle wheels) x 1,85 metres, displacement 425 tons, horsepower maximum 100 hp, an armament of 3 guns 1-30pd, 2-12pd carronades) and a crew numbering 50 men.