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Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Sailor of Dutch protected corvette Hr. Ms. Sumatra sent to prison according to the Dutch newspaper De locomotief dated 23 August 1900

An item reported that the court martial on board of the Dutch protected corvette Hr. Ms. Sumatra sentenced the sailor 3rd class F. Groothuis to 4 months military prisons caused by his insubordination and threatening with words and gestures.(1)

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1. Laid down at the Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom- en andere Werktuigen, Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1888, launched on 26 April 1890 and sold to be broken up in 1907.