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Friday 9 September 2016

Dutch screw steamship 4th class Haarlemmermeer stationed off Borneo, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant 7 July 1866

Model NG-MC-1145 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Netherlands. Original link

An item referred to tidings dated 14th May 1866 dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch screw steamship 4th class Haarlemmermeer lieutenant 1st class A. Jarman was stationed in the southern and eastern department of Borneo, Dutch East Indies cruising along the south and east coasts to prevent piracy.(1)

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1. Call sign GQKD, on stocks at navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands on 9 July 1859, launched on Friday afternoon 23 March 1860, commissioned 16 August 1860, condemned and ordered 8 June 1870 no. 15 to sell hull with rigging and useless inventory, engines stored at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, building costs ƒ 255.916,53½, dimensions 38,00-40,70 x 8,16 x 3,20 metres, 586 tons displacement, tonnage 285 tons, coal bunker capacity 50 ton or 5 days full speed, 6 guns (2 medium 30 pd guns, 4-30pd carronades), 25-75 men, 80/200 nph horsepower and maximum speed under steam 6-7 knots.