Dutch paddle steamship Zr. Ms. Phoenix underway towards Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staascourant dated 14 January 1860

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An item reported that the aged condition of the engines of the steamship Zr. Ms. Phoenix caused a departure towards Surabaya, Dutch East Indies for repairs necessary.(1)

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1. Paddle steamship, on stocks at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 1834 by P. Glavimans Jz., launched on 25 October 1836, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 28-29 August 1838, departed 3 October 1838 to the Dutch East Indies as a sail ship with her Morgan paddle wheels removed, arrived at Batavia on 5 February 1839 and at Surabaya were her paddle wheels again assembled, lengthened 1845-1847, docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis 28 March-8 June 1854, stricken and broken up in the Dutch East Indies in 1863, dimensions 39,00 (loadline) x 8,2 (inner hull) x 3,6 (fore)-4,0 (Aft) x 5,32 (depth below upper deck) metres 7 guns (160pd Paixhans pivot gun, 2-12 long pd guns fore, 2-24pd carronades, on each side one), 120 ph horsepower delivered by engines manufactured by Paul van Vlissingen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.