An item reported that the Dutch guard ship Gedeh (1) captain Weijs arrived that morning safely at Tandjong Priok, Dutch East Indies while towed by the Zr. Ms. Bandjarmasin (2) captain Landweer. She arrived on the 30th at Batavia coming from Surabaya, Dutch East Indies.
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1. Flush decked corvette, of the Indies Military Navy, call sign GQJL, on stocks at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies 1872, launched 1874, guard ship at Surabaya 1876, repaired 1881, guard ship at Surabaya 1 February 1883, transferred to Batavia, Dutch East Indies to serve there as guard ship 12 May 1884, decommissioned caused by several victims of cholera on board 14 April 1892, disinfected, docked, cleaned and painted and commissioned 28 July, in sinking condition towed in May 1899 towards Surabaya, decommissioned 1 June, condemned and broken up by own personnel, an armament of 10 guns (1885: 1-30pd guns no.11) and a crew numbering 157 men (122 Europeans and 35 natives).
2. Bandjermassin, ex-Bandhermassing renamed 1880, screw steamship 4th class, call sign GQCT, composite-built and coppered, on stocks at the shipyard of the Kon. Fabriek van stoom- en andere werktuigen, Amsterdam, Netherlands in July 1873, launched on 7 April 1874, commissioned on 16 June 1874, dimensions 42-45 (over all) x 8,8 x 3,6 metres, a displacement of 730 tons, horsepower 90 hp/400 ehp, speed 9,5 miles, an armament of 3 guns (1879: 1 rifled 18cm gun, 2-12cm guns) and a crew numbering 80 men (1879). Decommissioned on 1 September 1894, stricken, condemned and sold for ƒ 10.000.
