Stadsbuitengracht at Utrecht, Netherlands 1-7 August 1893
Het Utrechts Archief cat. number 818839. Made by J.P.C. Grolman (1841-1927).
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Stadsbuitengracht at Utrecht, Netherlands 1-7 August 1893
In his standard book dealing with the Dutch navy vessels between 1814 and 1962 wrote Vermeulen (1) that the gunboat No. 3 although by the other author Backer Dirks also called Nimrod and Handig en Vlug, these latter two names couldn’t be found in official ship lists. This steel built gunboat was in 1864 at the yard of Dudgeon at London, United Kingdom laid down and in the same year launched with as building costs 78.534,00 Dutch guilders. With a displacement of 141 tons were her dimensions 31,14 x 5,22 x 1,28 metres. The engine supplied 30 nhp or 100 ehp allowing a speed of 8 miles. With a crew numbering 34 men was she armed with 2-12cm guns. In 1905 was she fitted out as accommodation ship for sailors of the seminary at Leiden. She was stricken after 1923
