On
20 December 1879 ordered the Royal Netherlands Navy the building of the 4 spar
torpedo boats Zr. Ms. XVII-XX included steam engines and boilers.
The order was accepted for ƒ
192.000 and another ƒ 13.000 for stores and spar devices. The building costs
were ƒ 156.041,81 meaning a profit of ƒ 48.958,19.
Building costs ship ƒ
40.087,39 (stores ƒ 20.907,95, labour ƒ 19.040, 16, expenses ƒ 9.139,28)Engines ƒ 85.665,08 (stores ƒ 32.486,32, labour ƒ 32.229,55, 65% expenses ƒ 20.949,21)
Boilers ƒ 21.289,34 (stores ƒ 10.776,81, labour ƒ 6.183,84, 70% expenses ƒ 4.328,69).
Source
Archive Kon. Mij. De
Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands 1875-1970 no. 214.1216.
