The Dutch protected cruiser Hr. Ms. Holland (1) captain J.H. Zeeman departed on 2 December 1916 at 11.40 o’clock the roads of Nieuwediep, Netherlands towards the Dutch West Indies. Her commanding officer described in his report the coal bunker procedure followed at Curacao, Dutch West Indies. The ship was moored alongside the coal quay and via 2 gangways were baskets filled with 25-30 kilo coals carried by dock coolies. In around 8 net hours was in this manner 645 ton loaded or around 80 tons a hour. In the first hour went the loading much faster in contrary to the last hours.
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1. Of the Holland-class protected cruisers consisting of the Holland, Zeeland and Friesland as the 1st subclass and the Gelderland, Noord-Brabant and Utrecht of the 2nd subclass. Laid down at the Rijkswerf Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1895, launched on 4 October 1896, commissioned on 1 July 1898 and sold on a public auction at 11.00 o’clock the navy yard at Willemsoord, Netherlands on Wednesday 21 January 1920 .
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1916-1917.
