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Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Dutch screw steamship 3rd class Zr. Ms. Reinier Claessen undergoing repairs ar Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 5 February 1867


An item referred to tidings dated 15th December 1866 dealing with the movements of the ships belonging to the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies. The screw steamship 3rd class Reinier Claessen lieutenant 1st class A.N.L Koops being repaired at the navy establishment at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies.(1)

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1. Call sign GQSN, on stocks at the shipyard of K. Smit jr., Kinderdijk, Netherlands on 4 May 1858, launched on 13 January 1859, dry docked at the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 21-22-July 1859,commissioned on 2 or 16 August 1859, condemned in 1869, sold with boilers on a public auction at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies on 29 January 1870, stricken in 1870, dimensions 45,50 x 9,20 x 4,30 metres, a displacement of 759, tons, an armament of 6 guns, a crew numbering 119 men and a horsepower of 119nhp/250 ehp.