An item reported that the Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Admiraal van Kinsbergen departed on 8 January the roads of Batavia, Dutch East Indies towards Surabaya, Dutch East Indies and departed there on the 15th. She was also ordered to visit Madura and tow from there a ship towards Bonthain, Dutch East Indies where all ships included the merchant ships were to be gather for the expedition against Boni, Celebes, Dutch East Indies.
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1. Paddle steamship 4th class, call sign GQBN, built at the shipyard of the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij at Rotterdam, Netherlands but apparently disassembled and assembled at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies in 1853-1854, commissioned on 7 May 1853, docked at Bandjermassing, Dutch East Indies 21 August-15 September 1877, decommissioned 25 December 1877 at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, condemned, displacement 293 tons and as dimensions 45,72 x 6,50-12,40 (over side wheels) x 1,70 metres, horsepower 70 hp, armament one 30 pd gun and a crew numbering 43 men (1877).
